404 APPENDICES 



suppressed in the "Biography"; 26 new names are given, and 

 502 species are recognized, but as 11 were more or less hypo- 

 thetical, 491 remain in supposedly good standing, 



3. Audubon, John James, F. R. SS. L. & E. Member of vari- 



ous scientific associations in Europe and America: 



A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. Pp. 

 i-xi, 1-359. 8vo. Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh ; 

 Longman, Rees, Brown, Green and Longman, London. 

 MDCCCXXXIX. 

 A methodical index to the birds of America, with special 

 reference to the large folio plates and Ornithological Biog- 

 raphy; 45 families and 139 genera are defined; 5 new names 

 are added, making the total number of recognized species 491. 



4. Audubon, John James, F. R. SS. L. & E. (&c., &c.) : 



The Birds of America from Drawings made in the 



United States and its Territories. 7 vols, of text and 



plates, roy. 8vo. Published by the Author and J. B. 



Chevalier. New York and Philadelphia, 1840-1844. 



The "Birds in Miniature," or first octavo edition of text 



and plates combined; issued to subscribers in 100 Parts, each 



with 5 lithographic colored plates, at $1.00 a Part. 



Vol. L Parts l-14;pll. 1- 70 ; pp. i-viii, 9-256. 1840. 



Vol. II. Parts 15- 28; pll. 71-140; pp. i-viii, 9-206. 1841. 



Vol. IIL Parts 29- 42; pll. 141-210; pp. i-viii, 9-236. 1841. 



Vol. IV. Parts 43- 66; pll. 211-280; pp. i-viii, 9-324. 1842. 



Vol. V. Parts 57- 70 ; pll. 281-350 ; pp. i-viii, 9-348. 1842. 



Vol. VI. Parts 71- 84; pll. 251-420; pp. i-viii, 9-460. 1843. 



Vol.VILPts. 85-100; pll. 421-500; pp. i-x, 9[ll]-374. 1844. 



In this "miniature" edition, the "delineations of American 



scenery and manners" are omitted, the text revised, and the 



nomenclature made to conform with the Synopsis; the plates 



of the large folio were broken up, and their accessories reduced, 



so that but one species appears on each; 7 species, described in 



the Biography and Synopsis are figured for the first time in an 



