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090 $aQL674$b.A92 1832
100 1 $aAudubon, John James,$d1785-1851.
245 10 $aOrnithological biography :$bor, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America ; accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America, and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners /$cby John James Audubon.
260 $aPhiladelphia :$bE.L. Carey & and A. Hart,$c1832-39.
300 $a5 v. :$bill. ;$c27 cm.
500 $a"I feel pleasure in here acknowledging the assistance ... received from ... Mr. William Macgillivray ... in completing the scientific details ... of my ornithological biographies."--Author's "Introductory address."
500 $aThe folio ed. of "The birds of America" was published without text; v. 1 of the present work furnishes text for plates I-C; vol. 2 for plates CI-CC; vol. 3 for plates CCI-CCC; vol. 4 for plates CCCI-CCCLXXXVII; vol. 5 for plates CCCLXXXVIII-CCCCXXXV, and in addition "Descriptions of species found in North America, but not figured in the 'Birds of America'": p. [305]-336, and Appendix: comprising additional observations on the habits, geographical distribution, and anatomical structure of the birds described in this work; together with corrections of errors relative to the species": p. [337]-646.
500 $aRare Book copy: Vols. 1-2 are American reprints (imprint of v.2: Boston, Hilliard, Gray, and company, 1835); v. 3-5 are the original and only edition (imprint: Edinburgh, A. and C. Black[etc., etc. 1835-1849 [i.e. 1839]) Cf. Herrick, F. H. Audubon ... v. 2, p. 402-403.$5NNC
500 $aTitle of v. 4-5 varies.$5NNC
650 0 $aBirds$zNorth America.
700 1 $aMacGillivray, William,$d1796-1852.
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