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    • Author/Creator:Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
    • Title:Ornithological biography, or, An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America [electronic resource] : accompanied by descriptions of the objects represented in the work entitled The birds of America and interspersed with delineations of American scenery and manners / by John James Audubon.
    • Published/Created:Philadelphia : E.L. Carey & and A. Hart, 1832-1839.
    • Physical Description:1 online resource (5 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.
    • Links:Online resource

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    • Local Notes:Access is available to the Yale community.
    • Notes:Imprint, vol. II: Boston : Hilliard, Gray, 1835; vol. III-V: Edinburgh : A. & C. Black; [etc., etc.], 1835-39.
      "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."
      The 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.
      Includes indexes.
      Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
      Sabin no. 2366.
      Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
    • Access and use:Access restricted by licensing agreement.
    • Variant and related titles:Account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America
      Sabin Americana, 1500-1926.
    • Format:Book
    • BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references.
    • Subjects:Birds--North America.
    • Also listed under:MacGillivray, William, 1796-1852.
    Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11132822