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William Swainson Facing 118 



Thomas Nuttall Facing 118 



Charles Lucien Bonaparte Facing 118 



Constantine Samuel Rafinesque Facing 118 



Audubon. After an engraving by H. B. Hall of a portrait painted by 

 Henry Inman in 1833 Facing 126 



Letter of William MacGillivray to Audubon, October 22, 1834 . . .131 



Part of the original draft of Audubon's manuscript for the Introduc- 

 tion to Volume II of the Ornithological Biography, giving list of 

 names of persons to whom Audubon carried credentials on his first 

 visit to London in 1827 Facing 133 



Audubon's inscription in a copy of the Ornithological Biography, which 

 he presented to William MacGillivray in 1839 138 



Early drawings of American birds, 1807-12, hitherto unpublished: the 

 Whippoorwill and the American Robin, with details . . Facing 144 



Bust of Audubon by William Couper, in front and profile views. After 

 the original in the American Museum of Natural History, New 

 York . . . Facing 160 



Life mask of Audubon, hitherto unpublished, in front and profile views. 

 After the original made by Robert Havell in London, now in pos- 

 session of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard Uni- 

 versity Facing 178 



Canvas-backed Ducks, with distant view of the city of Baltimore, Mary- 

 land, The Birds of America, Plate CCCI. After the original en- 

 graving by Robert Havell, 1836. Color . . . . Facing 196 



Victor Gifford Audubon Facing 210 



John Woodhouse Audubon Facing 210 



Title page of the paper covers in which parts of the first American 



(octavo) edition of The Birds of America were originally issued . 213 



Audubon. After a portrait painted by John Woodhouse and Victor 



Gifford Audubon about 1841 Facing 226 



"Minnie's Land," Audubon's home on the Hudson River, as it appeared 

 in 1865. After a lithograph in Valentine's Manual . . Facing 236 



"Minnie's Land," as it appears to-day from the river front protected by 



the retaining wall of Riverside Drive Facing 236 



Audubon, with gun, horse, and dog. After a painting by John Wood- 

 house Audubon about 1841 Facing 244 



Letter of Edward Harris to Audubon, January 31, 1843 . . . .251 



