ILLUSTRATIONS xiii 



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Drawings for The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America: the Amer- 

 ican or Canada porcupine and rabbits. After the originals in water 

 color in the American Museum of Natural History, New York 



Facing 264 



Title page of Volume I of the English edition of the text of The Vivip- 

 arous Quadrupeds of North America 275 



John W. Audubon's inscription in a copy of Volume I of the text of 



the Quadrupeds (English edition), presented to John Edward Gray 280 



Audubon. After an engraving by Nordheim of a daguerreotype possi- 

 bly earlier than 1849 Facing 280 



Audubon. After his last portrait, a daguerreotype made in New York 



about 1850 Facing 280 



Letter of John Bachman to George Gates, November 7, 1846 . . . 282 

 Audubon's last (?) letter to Edward Harris, February 22, 1847 . . 287 



House formerly belonging to Victor Gifford Audubon, east front, as it 



appears to-day Facing 294 



House formerly belonging to John Woodhouse Audubon, south front, 



as it appears to-day Facing 294 



Lucy Bakewell Audubon. After a miniature painted by Frederick 



Cruikshank in London, about 1831 Facing 304 



Lucy Bakewell Audubon. After an unpublished photograph of 1871 . 



Facing 304 



