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His Constitution invigorated by a Life of Hardship. ... 110 



His moral Fortitude 110 



Difficulty in getting his Drawings Engraved Ill 



Determines to visit Europe Ill 



His Diffidence Ill 



His Success Ill 



Honors accorded him in Liverpool 112 



Hospitality of the Rathbone Family 112 



Universal Approval of his Drawings 112 



First Number of " Birds of America" 112 



Exhibits Engravings in various English towns 113 



Lord Stanley 114 



Audubon elected Member of the Linnaean and Zoologi- 

 cal Societies 114 



Visits Paris in 1828 114 



Cuvier 114 



Returns to America in 1829 114 



An Original 115 



A Studio 116 



A bad "Sitter" 117 



An impassible Commodore 118 



Audubon Revisits London 118 



Diploma from the Royal Society 119 



Returns to New York 119 



Visits "Washington and Charleston 119 



Spends the Winter of 1831 in Florida 110 



Birds and Vegetation of Florida 120 



Various species of Doves 120 



Tender Cooing of the Zenaida Dove 121 



Its effect upon a noted Pirate 121 



Nest of the Zenaida Dove 121 



The Ground Dove 122 



The Key West Pigeon 123 



Its resplendent Plumage 123 



