INDEX 



471 



wife, i, 201; his second marriage, 

 i, 201; his death, i, 201; death of 

 his second wife, i, 201; financial 

 assistance to son by, i, 255. 



Bakewell, William Gifford, record of 

 a visit to "Mill Grove," i, 111-112; 

 427; ii, 252. 



Bakewell, Mrs. William GifFord, ii, 

 302. 



Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 117. 



Barraband, Pierre Paul (1767-1809), 

 his method of drawing birds, i, 

 184, 404. 



Bartram, Anne, i, 215. 



Bartram, John, and his Botanic 

 Gardens, i, 215. 



Bartram, William, as mentor to Al- 

 exander Wilson, i, 212; Wilson, in 

 letter to, i, 213; his hospitality, i, 

 214, 216; his niece, and the Botanic 

 Gardens of his father, i, 215; on 

 numbers of American birds, ii, 

 214. 



Bascanion. See Black snake. 



Bayou Sara, introduction of Audu- 

 bon to, i, 309; life of Audubon at, 

 i, 314-318; village and origin of 

 name of, i, 314. 



Bazin, Eugene, translations by, i, 

 360. 



Beates, Frederick, purchase and sale 

 of "Mill Grove" by, i, 169. 



Beer, William, i, 143, 155. 



Bell, John, ii, 252; dedication of 

 Audubon to, ii, 253. 



Benedict, Jennett, Audubon's itiner- 

 ant portrait of, i, 342. 



Benedict, Jesse, ii, 311. 



Berthoud, Mme., death of, i, 326. 



Berthoud, Nicholas Augustus, i, 197, 

 256, 303, 309; engagement of Vic- 

 tor G. Audubon with, i, 325; 

 mother and family name of, i, 326 ; 

 427; ii, 27, 28, 33, 36, 37, 38, 

 130. 



Berthoud, Mrs. Nicholas Augustus, 

 i, 326; ii, 303. 



Besant, Sir Walter, on London in 

 1837, i, 355, 395. 



Best, Robert, and the Western Mu- 

 seum, i, 303, 306. 



Bewick, Thomas, Audubon's visit to, 

 i, 375; ii, 142. 



Bibliography, i, 15; ii, 401-456. 



Bien, J., and Company, ii, 396. 



"Bird of Washington" ("Aquila 

 washingtonii"), Audubon's sup- 

 posed discovery of, i, 241, 400, 

 406; ii, 185. 



Birds of America (folio), cost and 

 rarity of, i, 4; defects in drawings 

 of, i, 174, 184-185; destruction of 

 drawings designed for, i, 179, 320- 

 321; in embryo, i, 180-183; presen- 

 tation copies of, i, 356; plans of 

 publication, i, 343; first subscriber 

 to, i, 353; first engraved plate of, 

 i, 359; Lizars' part in engraving 

 of, i, 359; issue of first number of, 

 i, 362; first prospectus of, i, 373, 

 see also ii, 386-388; title of, i, 381; 

 the Havells in relation to, i, 380- 

 385; rebirth of, in London, i, 384; 

 the singular history of plate No. 

 iii, i, 384; difficulties with color- 

 ists, i, 389; the Queen as patron- 

 ess, i, 392; revision of drawings, 

 i, 398; Swainson's review, i, 403; 

 progress of, i, 405 ; Cuvier's re- 

 port, i, 413; Bachman as canvas- 

 ser for, ii, 27; Thomas H. Per- 

 kins' copy, ii, 29; Audubon's di- 

 rections for dispatch of parts of, 

 ii, 37; his financial accounts with, ii, 

 37; American subscribers, ii, 

 36-41 ; insurance of drawings for, 

 ii, 40; editorial comment, ii, 41; 

 revolt of patrons at extension of 

 plan, ii, 170, 174; Audubon on ex- 

 tra plates and partial subscribers 

 to, ii, 174; completion of, ii, 177; 

 Audubon on residual stock of 

 plates, ii, 188-190; uncolored plates 

 of, ii, 190; on insurance of cop- 



