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Something new almost daily would awaken their Curi- 

 osity Frontispiece 



"The Bird of "Washington"* 59 



Mocking-birds defending their nests * 70 



Father and son painted together .... . . 143 



" The prairie dog hung on until I shook it off " . . . . 171 



Portrait and autograph of Audubon 192 



"A thousand dollars a copy !" 210 



Monument in Trinity Cemetery, Amsterdam Avenue, New York . 218 



* After the original plate in Audubon's The Birds of America. 



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