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11 . STRIX VIRGINIANA. THE GREAT HORNED OWL. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
We recommend to our readers Audubon’s admirable 
account of the natural history of this species. 
32 . PICUS PRINCIPALIS . — THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER. 
AUDUBON, PLATE LXVI. MALE AND FEMALE. 
“ I have always,” says Audubon, “ imagined, that in the 
plumage of the beautiful ivory-billed woodpecker, there 
is something very closely allied to the style of colouring 
of the great Vandyke. The broad extent of its dark 
glossy body and tail, the large and well-defined white 
markings of its wings, neck, and bill, relieved by the 
rich carmine of the pendent crest of the male, and the 
brilliant yellow of its eye, have never failed to remind 
me of some of the boldest and noblest productions of 
that inimitable artist’s pencil. So strongly, indeed, 
have these thoughts become ingrafted in my mind, as 
I gradually obtained a more intimate acquaintance 
with the ivory-billed woodpecker, that whenever I 
have observed one of these birds flying from one tree 
to another, I have mentally exclaimed, “ There goes a 
Vandyke ! ” This notion may seem strange, perhaps 
ludicrous, to you, good reader, but I relate it as a fact, 
and whether or not it may be found in accordance 
with your own ideas, after you have inspected the plate 
in which is represented this great chieftain of the 
woodpecker tribe, is perhaps of little consequence.” 
The natural history of this bird, given by Audubon, 
will be read with delight by readers of every description. 
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