Herons

Herons 

Plate 61 in American Ornithology, or, The natural history of the birds of the United States by Alexander Wilson, Philadelphia 1808-1814. 

Alexander Wilson (1766 – 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Born in Paisley, Wilson is thought to be the greatest American ornithologist prior to Audubon. 

A copy of the American Ornithology, published in Philadelphia by Bradford and Inskeep between 1808 – 1814, is held in the National Library of Scotland’s collections.