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INDEX 



per-plates of, li, 191; intimate 

 history of the engravers and 

 plates, with manual for collectors, 

 ii, 191-199; story told in artists' 

 and engravers' captions or leg- 

 ends, ii, 196-198; dates, errors and 

 editions in plates, ii, 196-198; ori- 

 ginal and present known numbers 

 of complete sets, ii, 201; Audu- 

 bon's and Havell's copies of, ii, 204; 

 original and present prices, ii, 204 ; 

 curious attest of J. P. Hall, ii, 

 205; original drawings for plates, 

 ii, 304; manuscript records and 

 legends on original drawings, ii, 

 305; story of fate of original cop- 

 per-plates of, ii, 295, 306-309; 

 final lists of subscribers, ii, 380- 

 385; prospectus of 1828, ii, 386- 

 388. 



Birds of America (in octavo), pros- 

 pectus, ii, 208-212, 214; agents' 

 original and present prices of, ii, 

 211; titles on original parts, ii, 

 213; beginning of publication, ii, 

 214; number of birds and doubtful 

 species, ii, 214; Audubon as can- 

 vasser for, ii, 215-217; remarkable 

 success of, ii, 217; account-book 

 of Audubon in business of, ii, 217; 

 William Yarrell on, ii, 223; "Park- 

 man's Wren" in, ii, 228; expense 

 of publication of, ii, 230. 



Birds of America (partial American 

 issue in folio), ii, 296; residual 

 stock of plates of, ii, 297; original 

 prospectus of, ii, 389-391. 



Birds of Europe, ii, 122; anecdote 

 of, ii, 123. 



Blackbird, Red-winged {Angelaius 

 phoeniceus), Ord's charge concern- 

 ing Audubon's drawing of, i, 228. 



Blackcocks (Tetrao tetrix), original 

 painting of, i, 363, 366. 



Black snake, "blue racer" {Bascaro- 

 ion constrictor), confused with rat- 

 tlesnake, ii, 76. 



Blackwood's Magazine, John Wilson 

 on Audubon and Kidd, i, 447; 

 John Wilson on Audubon, ii, 

 139. 

 Blanchard, Jean Francois, as at- 

 torney of Jean Audubon at Les 

 Cayes, i, 85. 

 Blue Jays {Cyanocitta cristata), 



painting of, i, 397. 

 Bohn, Henry G., on Audubon's 



drawings, i, 357. 

 Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, intro- 

 duces Audubon at Philadelphia, i, 

 328; his career and work as an 

 ornithologist, i, 329-331; his artist 

 and engravers, i, 330; Audubon's 

 contribution to his American Or- 

 nithology, i, 330; his account of 

 the Wild Turkey, i, 331; charac- 

 terization by a contemporary, i, 

 334; his subscription to The Birds 

 of America, i, 380, 385; to Audu- 

 bon, i, 416-419; 423; ii, 40, 49-50; 

 96, 98, 106, 107, 108, 110, 112, 118; 

 Audubon to, ii, 119; his list of 

 American birds, ii, 120; his com- 

 ment on Audubon's work, ii, 

 120, 169; on publication of new 

 species by, ii, 173; 176, 184, 214, 

 224. 



Bonnabel, Antonio, acquisition of 

 lands from, by Bernard Marigny, 

 i, 70. 



Boone, Daniel, Audubon's charac- 

 terization of, criticized, i, 281. 



Bossals and Creoles in Santo Domin- 

 go, i, 42, 47. 



Boston Patriot, ii, 50. 



Bouffard, Catharine, designation of, 

 in legal documents, i, 56; mother 

 of Muguet (Rosa Audubon), i, 56; 

 her appearance in France, i, 56; 

 mother of Louise, i, 56. 



Bouffard, Louise, inquiry concern- 

 ing, i, 56; her birth, i, 57, 130. 



Boulart (General), letter to Citizen 

 Audubon, 1, 80. 



