CONTENTS. XVll 



PAGH 



Rapid Flight Itil 



Mode of taking its Prey 168 



The American White Pelican 169 



American varieties of the Ibis 1 69 



The American Flamingo , 170 



The "Oyster Catcher 170 



Its Timidity 171 



Mode of obtaining its Food 172 



The Anhinga, or Snake Bird 172 



Frequents the Pools of Florida 173 



CHAPTER XIII. 



Audubon's Recollections of Scotland 175 



Christopher North 175 



His Account of a Visit from Audubon 176 



Gaieties and Gravities 179 



Canal-boat Travelling 180 



Audubon at Sixty 181 



His rapid Walk 181 



His keen Sight 182 



CHAPTER XrV. 



Audubon's attachment to his Native Shores 183 



Precarious Health of his Wife 183 



Meeting with Nuttall 184 



Audubon at the Gulf of Mexico 186 



A Family Gathering 187 



Impatience of Subscribers 187 



The Meadow Lark 188 



Its places of resort 188 



Peculiar Flight of the Meadow Lark 189 



Solicitude for its Young 190 



