42 TRANSACTIONS OF THE [Nov. 5, 
These Societies appointed committees, who acted for a short 
time with the Committee of the Academy of Sciences. Designs 
for the monument were submitted and discussed. It was de- 
cided after some discussion that the runic cross was the most 
suitable form, and a design was asked for from R. C. Fisher & 
Co., of East Houston street. On the presentation of the design, 
it was modified by the Committee of the Academy of Sciences, 
who decided that it should be ornamented with the birds and 
animals which Audubon has described. The work of raising 
the funds was commenced at once. At first, school children 
took a great interest in it individually, and many subscriptions 
were received from schools as the collections of the children. 
Some subscriptions were sent in postage stamps, others as low 
as ten cents were received from every part of the United States. 
After a number of months it was found that by this method a 
sufficient sum for the erection of the monument could not be 
raised. It was then proposed to ask 100 gentlemen in the cities 
near New York in which Audubon had been especially interested 
to give $100 each, and this plan succeeded so well that in the 
fall of 1891 the amount was raised. In 1891 Dr. Allen was added 
to the committee and has acted with us since that time. The de- 
tails of the monument were then drawn in charcoal, full size, and 
discussed by the committee. When this had been done, a com- 
mittee was appointed for the mammals and one for the birds, to 
see that the drawings were accurate and were those of the ani- 
mals and birds in which Audubon was specially interested. 
They were then modeled by Mr. Eugene Pfister, of R. Fisher & 
Co., and the models carefully examined by the committee. 
When this had been done, the best portrait of Audubon that 
had been made was sought, and this was modeled in clay, heroic 
size, and afterwards accepted by the committee. The order for 
the monument was then given to R. Fisher & Co., and it was 
hoped and expected that it would have been finished in Novem- 
ber, 1892. The stone for the cross was gotten out without 
accident. Three stones which were to be used for the die 
proved defective. The fourth one fortunately proved to be 
sound. This delayed the construction of the monument several 
months. Much assistance was received from the New York 
Society for the Preservation of Game and from the newspapers 
generally, but Forest and Stream threw itself with great interest 
into the work and has been of great service to the committee. 
Philadelphia and Baltimore have contributed somewhat, and 
Boston has been extremely liberal, but by far the larger part of 
the subscriptions have come from the citizens of New York. 
Now that New York has begun to honor scientific men, it is to 
