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THE AUDUBON MONUMENT IN NEW YOKE CITY. 



On the 26th April last, at Trinity Cemetery, in New York 

 City, in the presence of many thousand spectators, there was 

 unveiled a monument to the naturalist John James Audubon, 

 whose death occurred in January, 1851, and to whose memory 

 no tribute had been erected save a plain tombstone bearing the 

 single word " Audubon." 



Invitations to the ceremony had been issued to all the 

 Members of the American Ornithologists' Union, and the leading 

 biological societies of the United States, and were extended even 

 to naturalists in this country, amongst whom the Editor of this 

 journal had the honour of being included. 



The monument, which was unveiled by Miss Audubon, a 

 granddaughter of the deceased, is an artistic monolith of North 

 River bluestone, on which are sculptured figures of the wild 

 animals and game birds of North America. Terminating in a 

 Runic cross, it stands on a pediment of the same stone, which 

 in turn rests upon a granite foundation. On the northern face of 

 the pediment is a medallion bust in high relief of the naturalist, 

 with the name "Audubon" in raised letters beneath it. On the 

 east face are sculptured guns and other weapons of the chase ; 

 on the west face an artist's palette, and brushes ; and on the 

 south face an inscription as follows : — 





ERECTED 



TO 



THE MEMORY OP 



JOHN 



JAMES AUDUBON 



In 



the Year 1893 



BY SUBSCRIPTIONS RAISED 





BY THE 



New York Academy of Sciences. 



At the base of the shaft on the north side is the text from 

 the Benedicite : — 



" 0, all ye Fowles of the Air, bless ye the Lord ; praise Him and 

 magnify Him for ever." 



Above this, running up to the cross, are carved a number of 

 figures of different birds. On the south side of the shaft are 



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