American ornithology

Description

This book is divided into four volumes. Primarily, this book describes the physical description of North American bird species and helps one identify each species. There is some information on bird behavior as well. There is an average of three pages of text for each bird. There are not illustrations for each bird. Chapters on synonyms of bird names are very interesting.

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Other Editions

• American ornithology: or, The natural history of the birds of the United States... By ALexander Wilson. With a sketch of the author's life, by George Ord, F. L. S. & c. ...Collins & Co.1828-01-01
• American ornithologyConstable and co.; [etc., etc.]1831
• American ornithologyCassell, Peter & Galpin1800-01-01
• American ornithologyBradford and Inskeep, printed by R. Carr1808-01-01
• American ornithologyCollins & Co.1828-01-01
• American ornithologyConstable and co.; [etc., etc.]1831-01-01
• Natural history of the birds of the United StatesConstable1831-01-01