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18. Audubon, John James: 



"Observations on the Natural History of the Alli- 

 gator." In a letter to Sir William Jardine, Baronet, 

 &c. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 2, 

 (Oct.-April), pp. 270-280. Edinburgh, 1826-1827. 

 Gives the first account of the nesting habits of the American 

 alligator. 



19. Audubon, John James: 



"Account of the Carrion Crow or Vultur atratus." 



Edinburgh Journal of Science, vol. vi (Nov.-April), pp. 



156-161. Edinburgh, 1826-1827. 



Notices the nesting and other habits, and maintains that 



this species, like the Turkey Buzzard, is guided to its food by 



sight and not by smell. 



20. Audubon, John James: 



"Notes on the Habits of the Wild Pigeon of America, 

 Columba migratoria." Edinburgh Journal of Science, 

 vol. vi (Nov.-April), pp. 256-265. Edinburgh, 1826- 



1827. 

 Read before the Royal Society of Edinburgh, February 19, 



1827. 



21. Audubon, John James: 



"Notes on the Rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus), in 



a letter addressed to Thomas Stuart Traill, M. D., &c." 



Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 3 (April- 



Oct.), pp. 21-30. Edinburgh, 1827. 



Read before the Wernerian Society of Natural History, 



February 24, 1827. Reproduced in Journal of the Franklin 



Institute and American Mechanics' Magazine, vol. ii, N. S., pp. 



32-37. Philadelphia, 1828. Later repudiated by the editor; 



see Thomas P. Jones, "The Romance of the Rattlesnake," No. 



93 of this Bibliography. 



