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outbreak of the Civil War, and especially in the South where many 

 of the naturalist's patrons resided; that the publication of first 

 editions usually extended over a period of many years, that from 

 1854 to 1861 one or the other of Audubon's two sons was con- 

 stantly projecting new issues of their father's standard works, 

 and finally that when the collected parts came to be bound many 

 defective sets were pieced out of two or more distinct editions, — 

 some of the difficulties involved will be better understood. The 

 present list is more nearly correct than any which has preceded it, 

 but it would be remarkable if further verification and emendation 

 were not needed. 



It will be seen that the text of Audubon's ' Birds of America,' 

 in its revised octavo form, has enjoyed no less than nine editions, 

 namely (1) 1840-1844; (2) 1856; (3) 1859; (4) 1860; (5 and 6) 

 1861, one issue with, and one without, plates; (7) 1863, condition 

 unknown; (8) 1865; (9) 1871. Excepting the possibility of error 

 in one unverified notice (Nos. 14 and 16, below) there have ap- 

 peared seven editions of text and plates combined. 



The text of the 'Quadrupeds' has passed through four editions, 

 namely (1) 1846-1853, text alone; (2) 1849-1854, text and plates; 

 (3) 1854, text and plates; (4) 1856, text and plates, while the com- 

 plete work, in octavo form, has appeared not once only, as formerly 

 supposed, but three times. 



For further detailed notes on the several editions the reader 

 is referred to 'Audubon the Naturalist,' volume ii, Bibliography, 

 Nos. 1-14 (which appear in brackets in the following list), pages 

 401-409. 



Revised List of Audubon's Principal Works in their Several Editions. 

 1 (1). Audubon, John James: 



The Birds of America, from Original Drawings by John James 

 Audubon, Fellow of the Royal Societies of London & Edinburgh 

 and of the Linnsean & Zoological Societies of London, Member 

 of the Natural History Society of Paris, of the Lyceum of New 

 York, &c. &c. &c. Issued without text, titles excepted, to sub- 

 scribers, in 87 Numbers of 5 plates each (at 2 guineas a Part), or 

 435 copper-plate engravings, colored by hand, and representing 

 1,005 life-size figures of 489 supposedly distinct species of 

 of North American birds, in double elephant folio. Published 

 by the Author. London, 1827-1838. 



