JOHN JAMES AUDUBON, 1780-1851. 



\ UDUBON was a born naturalist, a keen observer, and a remark- 

 -^- able artist. Although he inherited wealth, he soon lost all his 

 money and for many years wandered through the Ohio and Missis- 

 sippi valleys almost penniless. But during this time he was making 

 a wonderful collection of paintings of birds, which afterwards be- 

 came the illustrations for his famous Birds of America. 





