Books with author John James Audubon

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The species are disposed into genera and families; and, although the location of the groups is not such as, in all respects, [vi]to satisfy me, the arrangement will, I trust, be found in some degree useful. It will be seen that, although I have adopted many of the modern groups, I have not sectioned our birds on so minutely divided a scale as that employed by some recent writers. Besides the characters of the Families, Genera, and Species, which are given with considerable detail, I have presented a short account of the Geographical Distribution of the species, and references to the principal authors by whom they have been described. I am confident that these notices will suffice to enable the student to determine with certainty any species that may come under his consideration, and that the information respecting its habits, which he will find in the works referred to, will afford him at least sufficient knowledge to form a basis for the more extended observation which he may contemplate. To the name of the genus I have appended that of the author by whom it has been instituted; and with the specific names I have dealt in the same manner, giving as authorities the individuals who first employed them, although they may have referred them to different genera. It is probable that many errors have been made in this department; but I shall be happy to see them corrected, as my wish is to do justice to all.A Synopsis of the Birds of North America, VULTURINE BIRDS,FALCONINE BIRDS, STRIGINAE OWLS, HIRUNDINAE SWALLOWS, SYLVIANAE WARBLERS, COLYMBINAE DIVERS AND GREBES,

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"The figures and descriptions contained in the works entitled “The Birds of America;” and “Ornithological Biography; or an Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States;” having been issued in the miscellaneous manner which was thought best adapted to the occasion; or which was rendered necessary by circumstances; seemed to require a systematic index; in which the nomenclature should be corrected; and the species arranged agreeably to my present views. This Synopsis; then; will afford a methodical catalogue of all the species hitherto discovered in the vast regions; extending from the northern confines of Mexico to the Polar Seas; and which have been described; and; with few exceptions; depicted in the works above named." -Preface

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...bars; legs and toes pure buff. Male 14 J, 38. Female, 16, 40. A male sent in spirits from Boston by Dr. Brewer:--The roof of the mouth is flat, with two longitudinal ridges, the sides ascending; the posterior aperture of the nares oblong, 4 twelfths long, with an interior fissure. The tongue is 7£ twelfths long, deeply emarginate and papillate at the base, flattish above, with a faint median groove, the sides parallel, the tip narrowed and emarginate. The mouth is very wide, measuring 1 inch and 1 twelfths. The oesophagus is 5 inches long, of nearly uniform diameter throughout, as in all other Owls, its breadth being 1 inch. The proventricular glandules form a belt 9 twelfths in diameter. The stomach is large, round, 1 inch 9 twelfths long, 1 inch 7 twelfths broad, its walls thin, its muscular coat composed of rather coarse fasciculi, but without distinction into lateral muscles; the tendinous spaces circular, and about 8 twelfths in diameter; its epithelium soft and rugous. The duodenum is 3 twelfths in diameter, and curves at the distance of 3 inches from the pylorus. The intestine is 23 inches long, its smallest diameter only 1 twelfth. The cceca, Fig. 2, are in this individual unequal, as they very frequently are in Owls; the largest being 2 inches 10 twelfths in length, their greatest diameter twelfths, their distance from the anus 3 inches and a quarter. The cloaca is of an enormous size, ovate, 2 inches long, 1 inch 2 twelfths broad. It contains a calculous concretion 9 twelfths long, 7 twelfths broad, and 3 twelfths thick. The trachea, which is 3 inches long, is 3j twelfths in breadth at the upper part, 2 twelfths in the middle, and 3 twelfths at its lower extremity; its rings about 75 in number, cartilaginous, and considerably flattened. The l...

Excerpt from Journal of John James Audubon: Made During His Trip to New Orleans in 1820-1821The second journal covers the period from july 13, 1840, to October 11, 1843, twenty odd years later than the first. At this time his reputation was established, and he journeyed over the country from Newburyport, Massachusetts to Rich mond, Virginia, and also in Canada, soliciting subscriptions for the octavo edition of Birds of America, and commenting on the people whom he met.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.