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Miss Lucy Bakewell, of Philadelphia, daughter of a 

 former employer. Then began his period of wander- 

 ings with his family, into the wild regions of the mid- 

 dle west, which were the inspiration of his later orni- 

 thological works. He engaged in many business en- 

 terprises, but much of his time was spent studying and 

 sketching the wild birds. He was many times in des- 

 perate straits, and for a time gave dancing lessons in 

 Mississippi. With the nucleus of his marvelous life 

 portraits of birds he sailed for England on ]\Iay 17, 

 1826, feeHng that he would find a greater appreciation 

 there. He was splendidly received in the British Isles, 

 and in France, his work was euglogized in Paris by 

 Cuvier. He returned to America in 1829. The en- 

 suing years were spent in this country and abroad 

 bringing out his monumental work, the first volume of 

 which appeared in 1831. The fifth and concluding vol- 

 ume of the "Ornithological Biography" appeared in 

 1839. ''The Birds of America" appeared in 1840. In 

 1842 he established his home in the upper part of New 

 York city, in the section now know as Audubon Park. 

 In 1846, in collaboration with Rev. John Bachman, 

 whose two daughters had married Audubon's two sons 

 appeared ''The Viparious Quadrupeds of North 

 America." 



In 1847 his health began to fail, and he lingered 

 for several years, worn out by his arduous labors, dy- 

 ing at Audubon Park, January 27. 1851, aged 65 years. 

 His body rests in Trinity Cemetery, not far from his 

 former residence, under a handsome monument, which 



