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ii, 134; MacGillivray's assistance 

 and friendship, ii, 134-137; his 

 acknowledgments and dedication 

 to MacGillivray, ii, 137; to John 

 Wilson, ii, 139; on the effects of 

 overwork, ii, 140; letters to Har- 

 ris, ii, 141-144; on Alexander Wil- 

 son, ii, 143; issue of his third vol- 

 ume of the Ornithological Biogra- 

 phy, ii, 144; on his journey, ii, 144; 

 third American tour, ii, 146; land- 

 ing in New York, ii, 146; efforts to 

 secure the Nuttall-Townsend col- 

 lection of western birds, ii, 147- 

 149, 153-154; thwarted in Phila- 

 delphia, ii, 149; in Boston and Sa- 

 lem, ii, 149-151; meets Brewer and 

 Nuttall, ii, 150; friendship and 

 recommendation of Daniel Web- 

 ster, ii, 151; success of canvassing 

 in New York, ii, 153; efforts to 

 obtain the collections in Philadel- 

 phia renewed, ii, 153; rivalry of 

 priority seekers, ii, 155; plans an 

 expedition to Florida, and visits 

 Washington for governmental aid, 

 ii, 155; entertained at the White 

 House, ii, 156; on Andrew Jack- 

 son, ii, 156; winter spent with Bach- 

 man, ii, 156; overland with Ed- 

 ward Harris and his younger son 

 to New Orleans, ii, 157; experi- 

 ences in the Gulf of Mexico and 

 Texas, ii, 157-165; adventures with 

 the Crusader, ii, 158-163; at Gal- 

 veston Bay, ii, 163; visit to Hous- 

 ton, ii, .164; his party disbands at 

 Charleston, ii, 165; his son's mar- 

 riage, and return to England, ii, 

 166; to Thomas Brewer, ii, 168; 

 extension of his Birds and revolt 

 of British patrons, ii, 170, 174; to 

 Harris on Townsend's second col- 

 lection of western birds, ii, 170- 

 173; eagerness to render his work 

 as complete as possible, ii, 173; 

 on extra plates and partial sub- 



scribers, ii, 174; to William Swain- 

 son, ii, 176; his day of greatest tri- 

 umph, ii, 177; return to Edinburgh 

 and completion of his letterpress, 

 ii, 178-186; to his son, ii, 178-181; 

 at work with MacGillivray, ii, 178- 

 181 ; publication of the fourth vol- 

 ume of the Ornithological Biogra- 

 phy, ii, 181; impairment of the 

 health of his wife, ii, 181, 183, 186; 

 their tour in the Scottish High- 

 lands, ii, 182; to Edward Harris, 

 ii, 184-186; completion of his la- 

 bors in England, ii, 186; number 

 of American species of birds rec- 

 ognized in 1839, ii, 186; valedic- 

 tory to the "gentle reader," ii, 187; 

 prepares to return with his family 

 to America; directions to Havell, 

 ii, 188-191 ; intimate history of the 

 work of his engraver, with manual 

 for collectors, ii, 191-199; the 

 Athenceum on, ii, 199; Peabody on, 

 ii, 200; on the original and exist- 

 ing numbers of copies of his Birds, 

 ii, 201-203; on his own and Ha- 

 vell's copy of The Birds of 

 America, ii, 203; original and 

 present prices of his works, ii, 

 204; singular attest of J. P. Hall 

 regarding, ii, 205; Audubon's ac- 

 count of the Rothschild incident, 

 ii, 206-208; settles in New York, 

 and immediately undertakes two 

 new works, ii, 208; Bachman to, on 

 a revised edition of The Birds of 

 America, and the Quadrupeds, ii, 

 208; to Brewer on the Quadrupeds 

 of North America, ii, 209; mar- 

 riage of his elder son, ii, 210; 

 Bachman, on his cooperation in 

 the Quadrupeds, ii, 210; prospec- 

 tus of the octavo edition of the 

 Birds, ii, 211-212, 214; its compo- 

 sition and number of American 

 species of birds recognized, ii, 214- 

 215 ; to his family while canvassing 



