Alabama, 191 5. 



The great work was completed in 1838 and, when bound, con- 

 sisted of four elephant folios containing 1,065 life-size portraits of 

 birds in their natural surroundings. "The text was published sep- 

 arately under the title, 'Ornothological Biography.' Later (in 1844) 

 the original plates, reduced by the camera lucida, were published 

 with a part of the text in seven octavo volumes as 'The Birds of 

 America.' " 



After a futile attempt at city life in New York, the family 

 home was established in a beautiful woodland region on the banks 

 of the Hudson, now Audubon Park and included within the city 

 limits. 



There, after many short journeys and one long and difficult one 

 up the Missouri to the mouth of the Yellowstone, surrounded by 

 children and grandchildren, with his beloved wife by his side, the 

 long, active life ended peacefully. 



