300 Stone, Ornithological Works of J. J. Audubon. [juiy 



i. e., ten plates, for under date of October 27, 1827, Audubon states 

 in his journal, "W. H. Lizars saw the plates of No. 3 and admired 

 them much, called his workmen and observed to them that the 

 London artists beat them completely." Parts 1 and 2, pll. I-X, 

 then are the work of Lizars, and Parts 3-87, pll. XI-CCCCXXXV, 

 the work of Havell. This is not the whole story, however, for it 

 seems that in 1829, Havell retouched some of Lizars' s plates and 

 entirely re-engraved some of the others. Thus in the copy of the 

 folio in the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phil- 

 adelphia plates VIII and IX are marked "Engraved by W. H. 

 Lizars Edin r ."; plates I, II, VI, VII, "Engraved by W. H. Lizars 

 Edin r . Retouched by R. Havell Jun r ." (some have London added 

 after Havell's name, and plates II and VII bear date 1829) ; plates 

 III, IV, S V, X, "Engraved, Printed, & Coloured by R. Havell 

 Jun r ." 



Being curious to know whether other American copies agreed 

 with this one or whether some of them contained all of the original 

 Lizars plates, and whether the name "Dacyiis protonotarius" 

 quoted for the Prothonotary Warbler might not occur in them, I 

 corresponded with several gentlemen who owned or had access to 

 copies, and obtained data upon six sets. Five of these were exactly 

 like the Academy set while the one in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology contained the original Lizars plates for which I had been 

 searching. Correspondence with Dr. Walter Faxon brought out 

 the fact that he had long been aware of these two editions, and 

 through his kindness I am able to present transcripts of the inscrip- 

 tions on the Lizars plates. 



Plate I. "Great American Cock, Male, Vulgo (Wild Turkey) Meleagris 

 Gallopavo." In the Havell retouched plate the first name is sup- 

 pressed. 



Plate II. "Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzuserythrophthalmus." Corrected 

 in the retouched plate to" Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus." 



Plate III. " Prothonotary Warbler, Dacnis protonotarius," changed in the 

 Havell plate to "Sylvia protonotarius." 



Plate VI. "Great American Hen & Young, Vulgo Female Wild Turkey, 

 Meleagris gallopavo," changed to " Wild Turkey, etc." 



Plate VII. "or Common Crow Blackbird" is added after Purple Grackle 

 in the Havell plate. 



Plate X. "Brown Lark. Anthus aquaticus" changed in the Havell 

 plate to "Brown Titlark, Anthus spinoletta Bonap." 



