120 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST I 



Bonaparte was too much of a man of the world to 

 permit such an incident to cause any sudden break in 

 their relations. We know that they met in London in 

 1837, when, as Audubon said in a later letter to Har- 

 ris 25 he "pumped him sadly too much"; at his request 

 Bonaparte then drew up a list of American "birds, to 

 the number of 425. 26 Although his subscription to The 

 Birds of America was permitted to lapse, Bonaparte's 

 name was retained on the list to the end. When the 

 business was being closed up in London, however, Au- 

 dubon wrote to Havell, from Edinburgh, under date 

 of 15 May, 1839: "As respects my old Friend, C. Bona- 

 parte, unless he pays the long standing balance which he 

 owes me of 8.18.6, and also the price of the set of Nos. 

 81-87, on the nail, he is not to receive the latter." Again 

 on the thirtieth of June he wrote : "I have no numbers 

 for Charles Bonaparte, and no 5 th. vol. of Biog. for 

 Mr. Gould ; let the Gentlemen purchase or procure what 

 they want where they can." 



In 1838 Bonaparte published a paper 27 in which 

 appeared this comment: 



Throughout the list I have quoted, as types of the species 



25 See Vol. II, p. 184. 



26 This manuscript list is preserved with the original drawings of 

 The Birds of America, in possession of the Historical Society of New 

 York, where I was permitted to examine it. It bears the following 

 attests of both naturalists in autograph: 



"The above list of the Birds of America was made at London on 

 the 15 th. of December, 1837, when it was supposed to contain all the 

 known species. 



"JOHN J. AUDUBON, 



of Louisiana." 



"The above list of North American Birds was drawn up by myself 

 to please Mr. J. J. Audubon. 



"LONDON, 15 December, 1837. 



"CHARLES L. BONAPARTE. 



"The total number of good species, 460," has been added in pencil. 



27 Comparative List of the Birds of Europe and North America, 

 London, 1838. 



