Transcriber's Note:
Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
The following inconsistencies were noted and retained:
- fly-catcher and flycatcher
- bottom lands and bottom-lands
- Kestrel and Kestril
- Chicasaw and Chickasaw
- Redwings and Red-wings
- Black-and-yellow Warbler and Black and Yellow Warbler
- Chuckwill's Widow and Chuck-Will's Widow
- Columbian Jay and Columbia Jay
- Shawaney and Shawanee
- Falco Haliaetos, Haliäetos, Haliaetus and Haliaëtus
- Pont Chartrain and Pontchartrain
- Genessee and Gennessee
- Musquito and moschetto
- Skuylkill and Schuylkil
The following are possible errors, but retained:
- Massachusets
- napsack
- pease
- pannel
- scissars
- "flat and juicy" should possibly be "fat and juicy"
- "wet cloths" should possibly be "wet clothes"
- Gelseminum should possibly be Gelsemium
- Psittaccus should possibly be Psittacus
- Gadwal Duck should possibly be Gadwall Duck
- Anona should possibly be Annona
- The plate number of the Adult Female Great Horned Owl should possibly be LXI.
Several of the words in the sections in French are unaccented where modern French uses accents. They have been left as printed.
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY.
ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY,
OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE