THE AUK: 



A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF 



ORNITHOLOGY. 



Vol. XXXIII. April, 1916. No. 2, 



AUDUBONIANA. 



BY JOHN E. THAYER. 



Plates III-VI. 



I HAD the good fortune recently to secure some very interesting 

 Auduboniana, formerly the property of Dr. George Parkman of 

 Boston. There are four original water-color paintings, represent- 

 ing the Butter-ball, Golden-eye and Merganser and the Golden- 

 crowned Kinglet; also the original specimen of Parkman's Wren 

 mounted on a twig, in a paper box with a glass front. The box is 

 six and three quarters inches tall, four and a half inches wide and 

 three inches deep, and the bird is in excellent condition. Two 

 letters containing some references to the bird complete the collec- 

 tion. 



The paintings are reproduced on the accompanying plates and 

 the letters are printed in full below. The inscriptions on the paint- 

 ings are as follows: 



Plate III. 



Henderson March 19, 1815 

 No 71 44 The Spirit or Butterball — Bufflehead 



Plate IV. 



Weight of female lib. 2/16 

 Length 16| inches 



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