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Excerpt from A Reprint of the North American Zoology: Being an Exact Reproduction of the Part Originally Compiled by Mr. Ord for Johnson and Warner, and First Published by Them in Their Second American Edition of Guthrie's Geography, in 1815; Taken From Mr. Ord's Private, Annotated Copy Apart from its technical value, the work before us has great historic and literary interest. The name of George ord was long ago immortally associated with that of Alexander Wilson. If the latter is the Father of North American Ornithology. Mr. 0rd, in a humbler sense, may be characterized Father of North American Zoology, his contribution to Guthrie's Geography being the first systematic Zoology of America by an American. The limited and concise nature of this production gives only a casual glimpse at the personality of its author when, however, it does reveal itself, the same lofty and sacred animus which inspired the noblest writings of Wilson and Audubon is unmistakable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.