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Alexander Wilson's Account of 'Humming Bird' (1 Viewer)

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I was reading my December, 2014 "Wilson Journal of Ornithology", published by the Wilson Ornithological Society. And I have noticed that each issue for the last year has an article about Alexander Wilson, Father of American Ornithology.

From 1803 to his death in 1813, Alexander Wilson traveled over 12,000 miles, visited all 15 states and territories of the United States, discovered 26 species of birds, wrote and illustrated 314 accounts of birds of eastern North America, sold 450 subscriptions, and edited and supervised publication of the nine volume American Ornithology. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Wilson's achievement of his nine volume American Ornithology the journal is running a series of short stories about Wilson.

So what does this have to do with hummingbirds? Good question!!!

I searched out the American Ornithology and located the account for Trochilus Colubris- The Ruby-throated hummingbird. The account comprises six pages and offers a unique glimpse into early ornithology especially as it pertains to hummingbirds.

American Ornithology Volume 2
https://books.google.com/books?id=y...Y-vogTlQQ&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=false

There is much here---All digitized by Google for your reading/ viewing.

There is a little page navigation box on the top [Front Cover] and from the drop down menu you can select Hummingbird page 76

Or scroll to top right page number 76
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Wilson Society
http://www.wilsonsociety.org/society/awilsoninfo.html
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Alexander Wilson, American Ornithologist*(web site with galleries of images of additional Wilson plates)
Ruby-throated on Vol 2
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~PUBLIC/wilson/front.html
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His illustration of Ruby-throated
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~PUBLIC/wilson/10b.html
 
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