In speaking of the association of Audubon with MacGillivray, 

 Dr. Coues says, "The brilliant French-American naturalist was little 

 of a 'scientist.' Of his work the magical beauties of form and color 

 and movement are all his : his page is redolent of Nature's frag- 

 rance ; but ?\IacGillivray's are the bone and sinew, the hidden 

 anatomical parts beneath the lovely face, the nomenclature, the 

 classification — in a word the technicalities of the science." 



Mr. and Mrs. Audubon spent some time in England and in Scot- 

 land and later went to the continent. The naturalist secured sub- 

 scribers for his great work on the birds and this to him was the 

 breath of life for it gave him the assurance of the means to con- 

 tinue in his chosen way. 



Returns to America. 



There is a sharp realization on the part of the writer of this that 

 in the briefness of the sketch nothing at all adequate can be given 

 touching the experiences of Audubon at this time. He came back 

 to America and went on with his work. He made journeys into 

 all parts of the American wilderness pursuing the work which he 

 loved and which today the world loves him for. He explored 

 Labrador and the prairies of the west. He knew the Everglades 

 of ^Florida and the forests of the North. The breath of the forest 

 wei=t— his breath and the birds were his children. 



Greatest American Ornithologist. 



John James Audubon was the greatest of our American ornithol- 

 ogists for he was the one who gave inspiration to the study of the 

 birds, and through all kinds of provocations and difficulties carried 

 his studv forward to success. "Just as sunset was flooding the 

 pure, snow-covered landscape with golden light, at five o'clock on 

 Monday, January 27, 1851, the 'pard-like spirit, beautiful and swift 

 outsoared the shadow of our night." 



Audubon's Noblest Memorial. 



The writings and drawings of John James Audubon are a fitting 

 monument to his memory, but his noblest memorial is to be found 

 in the work of the societies formed for the protection of the wild 

 bird life and which bear his name. 



