Excerpt from American Ornithology, or the Natural History of the Birds of the United States, Vol. 4 of 4 IN this the only European edition of Wilson's. American Birds, the whole work (in the original edition in nine volumes quarto - here in three volumes) is, for the first time, regularly arranged; so that it is now equally accessible to the general reader and the ornithologist. The interesting biographical Memoir by Mr Hetherington, an esteemed writer, prefixed to the first volume, is the best account of Wilson hitherto published. The fourth volume contains the valuable American. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.