"THE BIRDS OF AMERICA" 389 



3. Prospectus of the Second {partial) Edition of "The 

 Birds of America," issued by John Woodhouse Audubon, 

 through Messrs. Trilbner # Company, London, 1859. 

 (See Bibliography, Nos. 9 and 10.) 



AUDUBON'S 



Celebrated Work 



BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA 



To be published in Numbers, by Subscription only, 

 at one half the original price. 



The undersigned proposes to publish, by Subscription, 

 this well-known Work of his late Father, J. J. Audubon, 

 F.R.SS.L.&E., etc., from the original Copperplates transferred 

 to stone. 



This Edition, in softness, finish, and correctness of color- 

 ing, will be superior to the first, and every Plate will be col- 

 ored from the original Drawings, still in possession of the 

 family. 



It will contain all the Plates and Text of the original 

 Work, embracing more than one thousand figures of Birds, 

 all of the size of nature, represented in action amid the scenes 

 or on the plants most common to their habits, — together with 

 seven volumes royal octavo, of Ornithological Biography. 



The Work will be issued in forty-five numbers viz., forty- 

 four of Plates and one of Text, each number of Plates con- 

 taining ten — printed on seven sheets double-elephant paper, 

 of the best quality for the purpose, 27 by 40 inches, and will 

 be delivered to Subscribers Monthly, at £2, 8s per number; 

 the last Number, comprising seven volumes of Text, to be de- 

 livered bound with the fifteenth number. 



It is intended that each Number shall contain as follows: 

 Viz. two large Plates, each occupying the whole sheet; two 

 of a medium size, each occupying also the entire sheet; and 

 six of the smaller size, two Plates on a sheet; thus presenting 

 ten of the original Plates on seven sheets, giving a variety in 



