Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from American Ornithology, Vol. 1 of 3: Or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States; Illustrated With Plates; Engraved and Coloured From Original Drawings Taken From Nature; With a Sketch of the Author's Life
IN the preface to the first edition of this biographical sketch, the motives of the publication are stated, and the peculiar circumstances under which its author was placed, in respect to materials, are detailed; there is, therefore, no need of repeating them.
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