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fraction of those which originally existed, have been pub- 

 lished. "America, my Country," has not forgotten him. 

 Mount Audubon rises on the northerly bound of Colo- 

 rado as an everlasting reminder of the last and grand- 

 est of all his journeys, that to the Missouri River in 

 1843. American counties and towns, 4 as well as parks 

 and streets in American cities, bear his name. At least 

 four of his beloved birds have been dedicated to him. 

 In 1885, thirty- four years after his death, the New 

 York Academy of Sciences began a popular movement 

 through which a beautiful cross in marble was raised in 

 1893 above his grave in Trinity Cemetery. 5 The "one 

 hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary" 6 of the natural- 

 ist's birth was celebrated in New York in 1905, and at 



4 Audubon, in Audubon County, Iowa, in Becker County, Minnesota, 

 and in Wise County, Texas, as well as Audubon, Montgomery County, 

 Pennsylvania, in which his old farm, "Mill Grove," is situated. Audubon 

 Avenue is the first of the subterranean passages which lead from the 

 entrance of Mammoth Cave, and is noted for its swarms of bats. Audubon 

 Park, New York City, between the Hudson River and Broadway and ex- 

 tending from 156th, to 160th Streets, embraces a part of "Minnie's Land," 

 the naturalist's old Hudson River estate, but is a realty designation and is 

 now almost entirely covered with buildings (see Chapter XXXVI). 



5 The Audubon Monument Committee of the New York Academy of 

 Sciences was appointed October 3, 1887, and made its final report in 1893, 

 when this beautiful memorial was formally dedicated. Subscriptions from 

 all parts of the United States amounted to $10,525.21. The monument is 

 a Runic cross in white marble, ornamented with American birds and 

 mammals which Audubon has depicted, and surmounts a die bearing a 

 portrait of the naturalist, modeled from Cruikshank's miniature, with 

 suitable inscriptions, the whole being supported on a base of granite; the 

 total height is nearly 26 feet, and the weight 2 tons. It was presented 

 to the Corporation of Trinity Parish by Professor Thomas Eggleston, and 

 received by Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix. The cemetery has since been cut in 

 two by the extension of Broadway; the monument is in the northerly section, 

 close to the parish house of the Chapel of the Intercession. 



The monument at New Orleans, mentioned below, was erected under 

 the auspices of the Audubon Association, at a cost of $10,000, most 

 of which was secured through the efforts of Mrs. J. L. Bradford, $1,500 

 having been contributed by residents of the Crescent City. The figure 

 is in bronze, and stands on a high pedestal of Georgia granite. 



The beautiful bust of Audubon at the American Museum of Natural 

 History is by William Couper, of Newark, N. J. 



6 As will later appear, this was in reality the 120th anniversary. 



