. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. oxx LIFK OF WILSON. li If respect, to Jill nuthorn extant. Ainoii^' \m tiKurcH luoMt worthy of , I would i>iirticiiliiri/.o llits Shore hurk, Urowii Croopcr. I';;UHe nnd Wintor Wrens, MocLint;-nird, (!iinliiml (iroHlicuk, ('.>w Huntin-M, Mottled Owl, Men- dow liiirk, Hum Swtiliown, Snipe and I'urtridge, Uuil uiid Wu()d(oek, lunl tho Uiift'ed (jrouHO. The introduction of approprinto scenery, in'o a work of »hin ki
. American ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States [microform]. Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Wilson, Alexander, 1766-1813; Birds; Oiseaux. oxx LIFK OF WILSON. li If respect, to Jill nuthorn extant. Ainoii^' \m tiKurcH luoMt worthy of , I would i>iirticiiliiri/.o llits Shore hurk, Urowii Croopcr. I';;UHe nnd Wintor Wrens, MocLint;-nird, (!iinliiml (iroHlicuk, ('.>w Huntin-M, Mottled Owl, Men- dow liiirk, Hum Swtiliown, Snipe and I'urtridge, Uuil uiid Wu()d(oek, lunl tho Uiift'ed (jrouHO. The introduction of approprinto scenery, in'o a work of »hin kind, can have no gowl effect, unlcsH it be nmdc to hnrninnijie. lM)th ax to design nnd cxecu. tion, with «he Icndinj; suhjcetH; hence Wilson's landscupcH, in the eye of'titste, must nlwiiyH bo viewed M a blemish, as he was not skilful in this branch of ihe art f deline;ition ; and, even if he liiid l)ei!n ;stcrous, he was not author- ized to increase the expenditures of a wi>rk, which, long before itM ttruiiuatiuu, itj* publisher discovered to bo inconveniently burdensome. The principal objections which 1 liave heard urged against tho Ornitliology, relate to tho coloring; but the difficuhies to w hich its author sul)ieetcd, on this score, have been already detailed, I will merely observe, that he found them too great to lie surmounted. Hence a generous eritic will not impute to him as a fault, what, in truth, ought to be viewed in the light of a misfortuno. In his specific dctinitions be is lnoso and uifysteniatic. He docs not appear to have been convinced of tho necessity of precision on this head ; his essential ami natural characters are not discriminated ; and, in some instances, he con- founds generic and specific charaelers, which the laws of uicthodicul scienoo do not authorize. There is a peculiarity in his nrthogrii|ihy, wliieb it is proper tliat T should take notice of, for the purpose of explaining his motive for un anomaly, at oneo inelegant and
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