Abert, John James, on Audubon's plans, ii, [3];
his career and the rattlesnake episode, ii, [3], [77];
"Abert's squirrel," ii, [4], [64], [155].
Abolitionists (Les Amis des Noirs), activity in France, i, [43];
their opposition to white planters and fomenting of rebellion in Santo Domingo, i, [49].
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), introduction of Audubon to, i, [328];
foundation and work of, i, [333];
notice of meeting of, i, [333];
Waterton on rejection of Audubon by, ii, [87].
American Ornithologists' Union, number of species of American birds recognized by (in 1910), ii, [215];
doubtful species in "Check-List" of, ii, [215].
American Ornithology, story of the author, production and publication of, i, [202-219];
original drawings for, i, [213];
the engraver and publisher of, i, [213], [217];
the Prospectus and character of, i, [217];
the issue and patronage of, i, [217];
death of the author of, i, [219];
publication of the last volume of, i, [223];
second American edition of, i, [223];
diary of the author of, i, [224];
Audubon's charge against the author of, i, [226];
counter charge of Ord in defense of the author of, i, [227].
American Philosophical Society, Audubon to Sully on his rejection by, i, [362];
his later membership in, i, [363];
Harlan on rejection of Abert by, ii, [3-4]; [27].
Arthur, Stanley Clisby, i, [314];
on the bird-life of the St. Francisville region, i, [315]; ii, [318];
on Audubon and West Feliciana, i, [322-323]; [338].
"Articles of Association" of Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier, description and reproduction of original of, i, [146-148]; ii, [344-349].
Ashburton, Lord, Baron (Alexander) Baring, ii, [242].
Audubon, Jean, his command at Yorktown and checkered career, i, [24];
his parentage and father's family, i, [26-28];
birth and baptism, i, [27];
beginning of life at sea and capture at Louisburg, i, [28];
a prisoner in England, i, [28];
enters French Merchant marine and begins his voyages to New Foundland, i, [29];
enlists in French navy and appears at Nantes, i, [30];
reënters merchant marine and begins voyages to Santo Domingo, i, [30];
his ships and commands, i, [31];
his marriage, i, [32];
fight in Le Comte d'Artois and capture by the English, i, [32];
prisoner in New York, and release, i, [32];
joins the American Revolution and commands a ship at the siege of Yorktown, i, [34];
later commands in the United States and fight with a British privateer, i, [34];
residence in the West Indies, i, [36];
travels in the United States and purchase of "Mill Grove," i, [36];
joins the National Guard at Les Cayes, i, [37];
epitome of Santo Domingo career, i, [37];
engagement with Coirond Brothers with interests at Les Cayes and St. Louis, i, [38];
rapid rise to wealth as planter, sugar refiner, and slave dealer, i, [39];
light cast by his dealings in slaves, i, [39]; ii, [330-335];
his West Indian fortune and final settlement of estate, i, [40-41], [268];
treatment of slaves and dependents, i, [41], [54];
Santo Domingo experience compared with that of a contemporary planter at Jaquemel, i, [44-48];
birth of his son at Les Cayes, i, [52];
discovery of bill of his physician, i, [53]; see also i, [54], and ii, [314-327];
his son, Fougère, and daughter, Muguet, taken to France, i, [57];
his reference to Audubon's mother, i, [59];
designation of his children in his wills, i, [63], ii, [360-362];
dual personality expressed by his son, i, [63];
joins National Guard at Nantes, i, [74];
possible refuge of his family during Revolution in France, i, [76];
activities immediately before and during French Revolution, i, [77-82];
Revolutionary offices, i, [78];
report as Civil Commissioner, i, [78];
mission to Pornic and Paimbœuf, i, [79];
signature during Revolution, i, [79];
mission to Les Sables d'Olonne, and letters to the Administration, i, [80];
his reimbursement for services to the Republic, i, [81];
operations as ensign commander, and encounter with the Brilliant, i, [82];
his later commands and elevation to rank of lieutenant de vaisseau, i, [82];
his financial losses in Santo Domingo, i, [82];
indemnity from the French Government, i, [83];
respective rank and service in the French merchant marine and navy, i, [83];
his certificate of service, i, [83];
retirement and pension, i, [83], [85];
settlement and occupations at "La Gerbetière," i, [85];
Santo Domingo interests described in power of attorney, i, [85];
residences at Nantes, i, [86]; see also i, [57], [58];
his death, i, [87];
his son's tribute, i, [87], [88];
financial vicissitudes, i, [88]; see also i, [85];
habits, abilities and physical characteristics, i, [88];
letter soliciting aid for his son, i, [100];
interest in "Mill Grove" and the Prevost mortgage, i, [105];
lease and inventory of the property, i, [105];
portrait at age of forty-five (?), i, [106];
mining project with Dacosta, i, [113];
sale to Dacosta of a one-half interest in "Mill Grove," and its lead mine, i, [114];
expectations for his son, i, [115];
financial aid from Claude François Rozier, i, [115];
correspondence with Dacosta, i, [116-123];
instructions regarding his son's proposed marriage, i, [117];
appeal in answer to Dacosta's complaints concerning his son, i, [118];
instructions for settlement of claims against the Ross and Formon estates, i, [121-123];
his uncanceled mortgage, i, [122];
instructions concerning the farmhouse at "Mill Grove," i, [122];
as grantor of powers of attorney, i, [131], [132-133], [153]; see also i, [85-87];
marriage of his daughter, i, [131];
arranges a business partnership for his son, i, [132];
his former country villa as it appears to-day, i, [135-145];
division of the "Mill Grove" property and sale of his remaining interests, i, [149-150], [152-153];
letters of his son, i, [159-161], [163];
portrait at Couëron, i, [100];
troubles with Dacosta and contest over his final accounts, i, [168];
bequest of his property in usufruct to his wife, and testamentary designation of his children, i, [262];
contest of relatives over wills, i, [263];
unfounded statements of biographers of his son, i, [264];
his claims against the Ross-Formon estates as a basis of fiction, i, [265];
final settlement of his financial affairs, i, [268];
his descendants in France and last of his name in America, i, [269], ii, [294].
Audubon, Mme. Jean (Anne Moynet), her marriage and property at Paimbœuf, i, [32], [40], [57], [80];
adoption of children by, i, [59];
baptism of adopted son, i, [60-61];
characterization of her son in wills, i, [62], [262-264];
as grantor of powers of attorney, i, [131], [132-133], [153];
legal troubles and impoverishment, i, [263];
removal from "La Gerbetière," i, [263], [268];
her death at "Les Tourterelles," i, [263];
disposition of her estate, i, [266], [269];
break in relations of her adopted son with his family in France, i, [266-269];
attack upon her husband's estate and its final settlement, i, [263], [268];
her testaments, ii, [363-368].
Audubon, Jean Jacques Fougère (John James Audubon, see also[Fougère] and [Jean Rabin]), his masterpiece, i, [1];
his greatest working period, i, [2];
experience in Paris in 1828, i, [2];
Cuvier's eulogy and patronage of the French Government, i, [3];
rarity and cost of his publications, i, [4];
personality and talents, i, [5];
attacks upon his character, i, [6];
his historical background and hitherto unwritten history, i, [7];
his Americanism, i, [8];
characteristics of his writings, i, [8-10]; his Ornithological Biography, i, [9];
drawings of birds and mammals, i, [10];
influence on American ornithology, i, [10];
honesty of purpose, i, [11];
memories of him in London, i, [11];
public monuments and other honors in America, i, [13];
Societies and Clubs dedicated to his memory, i, [14];
his bibliography, i, [15];
attempt at autobiography, i, [16];
first formal Life of, i, [17];
true history of Buchanan's Life, i, [18-22];
Mrs. Audubon's revision of Buchanan's Life, i, [22];
Miss Maria R. Audubon's Life and Journals, i, [22];
accepted account of his birth and early life in light of new discoveries, i, [22];
parentage and early names;
a creole of Santo Domingo, i, [52];
his baptismal name, i, [53];
discovery of the bill rendered by the physician who assisted at his birth, i, [53];
feeble health and death of his mother, i, [56];
birth of his sister, creole of Santo Domingo, i, [56];
taken with his sister to France, i, [57];
his foster mother and home at Nantes and Couëron, i, [57];
his adoption and text of act, i, [59];
suppression of his mother's name, i, [60];
his baptism and text of act, i, [60];
assumed name of "La Forest," i, [61];
his signatures, i, [61], [63];
his names appearing in wills, i, [62];
his dual personality in a power of attorney, i, [64];
first date given in his autobiography, i, [65];
record in his Ohio River journal, i, [66];
his later autobiographic sketch, i, [66-68];
traditional date of birth, i, [68];
myth concerning birth in Louisiana, i, [68-72];
account given by the Rev. Gordon Bakewell, i, [69];
influence of environment on character, i, [90];
his limited schooling, i, [91-93];
the spur his ambition needed, i, [91];
experience in the French navy, i, [92];
early passion for nature and for drawing, i, [93];
as truant, i, [94];
his father intervenes and takes him to Rochefort, i, [94];
return to Couëron, i, [96];
baptized in the Catholic Church, i, [96];
first return to the United States, i, [98];
illness at Morristown, i, [99];
befriended by his father's American agent, i, [99];
his father's letter and intentions in sending him to America, i, [100];
his settlement at "Mill Grove" farm, and period of stay there, i, [101-103];
begins his studies of American bird-life, i, [106];
makes first "banding" experiment on young of a wild bird, i, [107];
visit to "Fatland Ford," and choice of a wife, i, [110];
his gayety and extravagance, i, [110];
abstemious habits in youth as regards food and drink, i, [111];
his account of himself, i, [111];
his accomplishments described by a future brother-in-law, i, [111];
opposition to his marriage, i, [116];
Dacosta's grievances, i, [116-119];
quarrels with Dacosta and returns to France, i, [123-125];
voyage on the Hope, i, [126];
life at Couëron and friendship with D'Orbigny, i, [127];
receives with Ferdinand Rozier a power of attorney from his parents, i, [131];
attends the marriage of his sister and signs the record, i, [131];
his relations with his brother-in-law, i, [132];
his partnership with Rozier and second letter of attorney, i, [132];
returns, with Rozier, to the United States, i, [134];
voyage of the Polly, and receipt of Captain Sammis, i, [134];
experience with British privateers, i, [134];
boyhood home at Couëron, i, [136-145];
his description of "La Gerbetière," i, [136];
his abortive attempt, with Rozier, to administer the "Mill Grove" mine and farm, i, [146-148];
their "Articles of Association," i, [146-148]; ii, [344-349];
sale of remaining rights in "Mill Grove" to Dacosta and Company, i, [148-149];
receives, with Rozier, new power of attorney, i, [153];
enters business office of Benjamin Bakewell in New York, i, [153];
his associates and correspondence with the elder Rozier, i, [153-166];
letters to his father, i, [159-161], [163-164];
his use of English and French, i, [155]; ii, [372-374];
plans a retail business with Rozier, i, [157-158], [160-162], [165];
dispatch of live birds, and other objects of natural history to France, i, [158-159], [160], [162], [165-166];
conflicting references to "Mill Grove" explained, i, [158-160], [162], [165-168];
his drawings and preoccupation in New York, i, [170-172];
works for Dr. Mitchell's collections in natural history, i, [171];
term of service in the Bakewell office, i, [154-155], [171-172];
his account of himself, i, [172];
his early drawings, ideals and perseverance, i, [173-174], [178-183];
study under David in Paris, i, [174-175], [176-178];
cause of certain defects in his published work, i, [174];
date of his Paris experience, i, [174-175], [177];
encouragement from his father, i, [174];
David's supposed influence on his style, i, [178];
patronage of Edward Harris and history of the Harris-Jeanes collection of his early drawings, i, [179-183];
his drawing methods, i, [183-185];
his ambition, difficulties and defects, i, [184];
purchases goods in New York, and with Rozier starts west, i, [186];
Rozier's diary of their journey, i, [187-192];
settles at Louisville, i, [192];
venture in indigo and effect of the Embargo Act, i, [193];
his marriage to Lucy Green Bakewell, and return to Louisville, i, [194];
a later journey on the Ohio River, i, [195];
occupations at Louisville, i, [196], [197-198];
business with assignees of the Bakewell firm, i, [196];
birth of his elder son, i, [198];
his drawings of birds and plants, i, [198];
his wife receives a portion of her father's estate, i, [198];
meeting with Alexander Wilson, and the troubles which ensued, i, [207];
stories of Audubon and of his rival compared, i, [220-225];
charges and counter charges, i, [226];
his merits and demerits, i, [227-232];
his difficulties and pleasures as western trader, i, [232-236];
moves with Rozier to Henderson, i, [236];
again they move to Ste. Geneviève, i, [237-241];
held up at Cash Creek, i, [238-240];
experience at the Great Bend, i, [240];
dissolution of his partnership with Rozier and return to Henderson, i, [241];
after-relations with Rozier, i, [243];
in troubled times, i, [246];
befriended by Dr. Rankin, i, [248];
birth of their younger son, i, [248];
enters the commission business with a brother-in-law, i, [249];
his visit to Ste. Geneviève, i, [249];
reënters trade at Henderson and buys land, i, [250];
town records of his purchases, i, [250], [252];
his store and house of logs, i, [252];
his popularity, i, [252];
Henderson gossip and anecdotes, i, [253];
his second partnership with Thomas W. Bakewell, i, [254];
they lease land and build a steam grist-, and lumber-mill, i, [254];
partnership of Thomas W. Pears, i, [254];
the Henderson mill at a later day, i, [254];
their mechanical difficulties, i, [254];
lease of timber land and plunder of workmen, i, [255];
bill of lumber rendered by J. J. Audubon & Co., i, [256];
financial depression and failure of the mill, i, [257];
quarrel over steamboat and encounter with Bowen, i, [257-259];
legal history of the suit, i, [258];
the opinion expressed to him by the judge, i, [259];
goes to Louisville jail for debt, i, [260];
declares himself a bankrupt and is released, i, [260];
his walk to Louisville, i, [260];
later account given to Bachman, i, [260];
reflections on passing his old mill in 1820, i, [261];
light on his enigma, i, [262-272];
his designations in wills, i, [262-264];
probable history of a fictitious "bequest," i, [264-266];
his brother-in-law's letters, i, [266-269];
attempt of relatives to break his father's will in France,
and impoverishment of his step-mother, i, [263];
his step-mother's death, i, [263];
the last of his family in France, i, [269];
his elder son's visit to Couëron, i, [269];
his reference to "Audubon of La Rochelle," i, [270];
his "Episodes" and methods of composition, i, [273-284];
discrepancies and inaccuracies of some of his narratives, i, [273-274], [279-291];
his account of meeting Nolte and Nolte's account of meeting him, i, [274-279];
on horseback from Henderson to Philadelphia, i, [275];
description of the famous earthquakes and the hurricane, i, [279-291];
criticism of his account of Daniel Boone, i, [291];
"Episode" of "The Prairie," i, [274], [282-284];
answer to a criticism of, i, [284];
his sketch of "The Eccentric Naturalist" and comment, i, [285-300];
practical jokes, and cost to Zoölogy, i, [291];
the "Scarlet-headed Swallow" and "Devil-Jack Diamond Fish," i, [291-293];
his later relations with Rafinesque, i, [294];
his Æneid, 1819-1824, i, [301-326];
debt to his wife, i, [301];
begins to work at portraiture at Shippingport, i, [303];
removal to Cincinnati, i, [303];
history of his engagement as taxidermist at the Western Museum, and friendship with Dr. Drake, i, [303-306];
starts a drawing school and plans a journey through the West and South, i, [306];
starts with Captain Cummings and Joseph R. Mason for New Orleans, i, [307];
his Ohio and Mississippi Rivers journal, i, [307];
experience at Natchez;
boots and portraits, i, [308];
loss and recovery of a portfolio, i, [309];
stranded at New Orleans, i, [309];
resorts to portraiture again, i, [311];
his drawings of birds, i, [311];
interview with Vanderlyn, i, [312];
leaves New Orleans with Mason, i, [313];
meeting with Mrs. Pirrie and engagement at "Oakley," i, [312];
enchantments of the West Feliciana country and introduction to St. Francisville, i, [313-315];
experience as tutor to "my lovely Miss Pirrie of Oakley," i, [315], [317-318];
leaves abruptly and returns with Mason to New Orleans, i, [318];
his industry and fruits, i, [318];
joined by his family in New Orleans, i, [319];
crisis in financial affairs and losses of drawings, i, [320];
as teacher at Natchez and Washington, i, [321];
parts with his pupil assistant, i, [321];
his first lessons in the use of oil colors, i, [321];
engagements of his wife at New Orleans, Natchez and St. Francisville, i, [322];
his wife's "Beechwoods" school, i, [322];
resolution to pursue his ornithological studies, i, [323];
misadventure with Stein, i, [324];
ill and adrift, i, [324];
decides to visit Philadelphia to find a publisher for his drawings, i, [325];
settles, with his elder son, at Shippingport, i, [325];
experience in Philadelphia in 1824, i, [327-335];
his exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences, i, [328];
meeting with Bonaparte and Ord, i, [328];
opposition encountered, i, [328-330];
criticisms of Ord and Lawson, i, [329];
his work for Bonaparte, i, [330];
appreciation of Fairman and Harris, i, [331];
assistance of Edward Harris and beginning of their friendship, i, [331], [333];
early letter to Harris, i, [332];
Thomas Sully, as friend and teacher, i, [334];
visit to "Mill Grove," i, [335];
reception in New York and assistance of Samuel Latham Mitchell, i, [336];
election to membership in the Lyceum of Natural History, i, [338];
acts as model for Vanderlyn's portrait of Andrew Jackson, i, [338];
to Thomas Sully, i, [339];
visit to Albany and Niagara Falls, i, [339];
misadventure at Presque Isle, i, [340];
the Meadville "Episode," i, [341-343];
residence at Pittsburgh, i, [343];
journey to Lakes Ontario and Champlain, where plans of his publication are matured, i, [343];
stranded at Cincinnati, i, [344];
returns to St. Francisville, and resorts to teaching, i, [346];
sails with his drawings from New Orleans, i, [347];
journal of the voyage of the Delos, i, [348-350];
lands in Liverpool, i, [350];
his credentials, i, [351];
introduction to Lafayette, i, [351];
customs duties, i, [350];
Nolte's letter to the Rathbones, i, [352];
aid of the "Queen Bee" of "Greenbank," i, [353];
his "observatory nerves," i, [353];
ornithological dedications, i, [354];
exhibition of his drawings at the Royal Institution, i, [354];
appearance and habits, i, [354];
paintings as gifts, and the Turkey Cock seal, i, [355];
painting methods, i, [355];
opens a subscription book of The Birds of America at Manchester, i, [356];
plan of the work, i, [356];
his life of contrasts, i, [357];
journey to Edinburgh, i, [357];
invitation to merge his work, i, [357];
meeting with Lizars, who agrees to engrave his first number, i, [358];
first proof of the Turkey Cock received, i, [358];
publication of the first ten plates in Edinburgh, i, [358];
success of his Edinburgh exhibition, i, [359];
impressions of Philarète-Chasles, i, [359];
Cap's hint taken, i, [360];
cast of his head made and his portrait painted, i, [361];
response at banquet of the Royal Institution, i, [361];
society's tax on his strength, i, [361];
contributions to journals, i, [362];
blackballed by an American Society, i, [362];
proposed gift to the Royal Institution, i, [363];
visit to "Dalmahoy," i, [363];
friendship of Basil Hall, i, [364];
characterization of Francis Jeffrey, i, [365];
first meeting with Scott, and his record of the interview, i, [365];
exhibits his drawings at Sir Walter's home, i, [366];
Scott, on Audubon, i, [367];
papers on the Wild Pigeon and the Rattlesnake, i, [368];
his painting of "Pheasants attacked by a fox," i, [369];
Sidney Smith, i, [369];
to his wife, i, [369-373];
first meeting with Kidd, i, [373];
issues his Prospectus, i, [373];
visit to Selby at "Twizel House," i, [374];
with Thomas Bewick at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i, [375];
success in canvassing, i, [376];
in London, i, [377-410], [413-418];
his credentials for the metropolis, i, [376-380];
abandonment of his work by Lizars and discovery of Robert Havell, Junior, i, [380-384];
his Birds of America fly to London, i, [384];
painting his way to liberty, i, [388];
canvassing experiences, i, [388];
efforts to secure the patronage of the King, i, [390], [392];
the Queen becomes his patroness, i, [392];
visit to Glasgow, i, [393];
difficulties with his publishers, i, [393];
timely aid from Sir Thomas Lawrence, i, [393-396];
exhibition and sale of his paintings, i, [394];
resolutions on snuff, i, [396];
dislike of London, i, [397];
his work and Selby's compared, i, [397];
revision of his drawings, i, [398];
calls by appointment upon an earl, i, [398];
visits the great Universities, i, [399];
solicitations of publishers and contributions to magazines, i, [399];
friendship with Swainson, and original letters of their correspondence, i, [400-403];
Swainson's review of his work, i, [403];
visit at Tyttenhanger, i, [404];
to Swainson, i, [405-407];
request for further contributions to magazines refused, i, [407];
visit to Paris with the Swainsons and Parker, i, [408-413];
his picture of Cuvier at fifty-nine, i, [411];
patronage of the Duke of Orleans, i, [411];
exchange of works with Redouté, i, [412];
with Cuvier at the Royal Academy, i, [412];
Cuvier's report on his work, i, [413];
correspondence with Swainson, i, [413-415];
Bonaparte to, i, [416-419];
first journey from England to America, i, [420-436];
to his wife, i, [420];
exhibition of drawings in New York, i, [421];
painting at Camden and Great Egg Harbor, i, [421];
Swainson to, i, [422];
sojourn in the Great Pine Forest, i, [423], [425-426];
to Victor Audubon, i, [424];
"Episodes" and record of work, i, [425];
visits his sons and joins his wife at "Beechgrove" (St. Francisville) in Louisiana, i, [427];
to Harlan, i, [427-430];
Swainson to, i, [430];
occupations at "Beechgrove," i, [432];
preparations to return, with Mrs. Audubon, to England, i, [432];
to Havell, i, [433];
proposition for a successor to the position held by his wife, i, [434];
reception at Washington, and accessions of subscribers, i, [435];
aid of Edward Everett, i, [435];
his letterpress and its rivals, i, [437-451];
membership in the Royal Society, i, [437];
settlement in Edinburgh and publication of the Ornithological Biography, i, [437];
engages William MacGillivray to assist him, i, [438];
rival publications, i, [439], [442-445];
issue of his first volume of letterpress, i, [439];
Sir William Jardine to, i, [441];
MacGillivray as his reviewer, i, [445];
undertakes a Natural History Gallery of paintings with Kidd, i, [446];
notices and final abandonment of the enterprise, i, [446];
to London and Paris, i, [447];
Edward Everett to, i, [448-451];
financial difficulties overcome, i, [451];
explorations in Florida and the South Atlantic, ii, [1-25];
returns to America with his wife, and a taxidermist as assistant, ii, [1];
to Kidd, ii, [1];
his obituary in the London Literary Gazette, ii, [2];
Abert and Featherstonhaugh announce his plans, ii, [3];
promise of governmental aid at Washington, ii, [4];
visits Charleston and meets John Bachman, ii, [5];
sails from Charleston for Florida with two assistants, ii, [5];
Bachman on, ii, [5];
dedication to Bachman of a copy of his Birds, ii, [7];
his Birds of America as gifts to others, ii, [7];
his journey described in Featherstonhaugh's Journal, ii, [8-14];
account of meeting with Bachman, ii, [9];
hospitality of the Charlestonians, ii, [10];
impressions of St. Augustine, ii, [12];
methods of work, ii, [12];
Harlan to his wife, ii, [14];
misadventures at Bulowville, ii, [15-20];
shooting birds at Live Oak Landing, ii, [16];
narrow escape from the marshes, ii, [17-19];
as a prophet on the future of eastern Florida, ii, [20];
the ibis of Orange Grove Island, ii, [21];
his plans delayed, ii, [22-24];
journey from St. Augustine to Key West, ii, [24];
return to Savannah and Charleston, ii, [25];
eastern visit and explorations in the North Atlantic, ii, [26-66];
settles again in Camden, ii, [26];
an experiment in lithography, ii, [26];
correspondence of Harlan, ii, [28];
his welcome at Boston, ii, [29];
to Edward Harris, ii, [29];
journey to Maine coast and New Brunswick, ii, [30];
winter and illness in Boston, ii, [31], [34-35];
sends his son to England to take charge of his publications, and plans an expedition to Labrador, ii, [31];
Bachman to, ii, [32];
to Victor Audubon, ii, [33];
drawing of the Golden Eagle, ii, [34];
to his son, ii, [35-40];
financial affairs, ii, [37-38], [65];
on his portrait by Inman, ii, [39];
his American subscribers, ii, [39-41];
letters to Harris, ii, [40];
organization of his proposed expedition, ii, [42-44];
George Parkman to, ii, [43];
sails in the Ripley for Labrador, ii, [44];
journal of his experiences, ii, [44-50];
at Bird Rock, ii, [45];
discovers a new finch, ii, [45];
scenes of work at Wapitagun, ii, [46-48];
his efforts and accomplishments, ii, [48];
return to Eastport and Boston, ii, [49];
editorial comment, ii, [50];
letter from Havell, ii, [51];
Thomas L. McKenney on, ii, [52];
arrested in Philadelphia, ii, [52];
Washington Irving's aid in Washington, ii, [53];
itinerary from Richmond, ii, [53];
winter at Bachman's, ii, [54];
letter to his son, ii, [55-62];
on Ord and Waterton, ii, [55], [61];
on his buzzard experiments, ii, [55];
on Syme's portrait, ii, [57];
his family alliance, ii, [58];
on his American subscribers, ii, [59], [62];
on Robert Havell, ii, [59];
on growing old, ii, [60];
on self-improvement, ii, [61];
on Kidd, ii, [57], [62];
Bachman, on his working habits, ii, [62];
to Harris, ii, [64];
echo of his early business troubles, ii, [64];
his statement of the case, ii, [65];
return to England, ii, [65];
gratitude to Edward Harris, ii, [66];
as target of critics and detractors, ii, [67-92];
questionable essays, ii, [68];
his reply to Sully, ii, [68-71];
the rattlesnake controversy, ii, [71-80];
charges of an editor, ii, [72];
his original drawing and account of the rattlesnake, ii, [74-76];
his errors and vindication, ii, [76-80];
letter of Thomas Cooper, ii, [78];
on the bend of the rattlesnake's fang, ii, [79];
rediscovery of his discredited lily, ii, [80];
on the buzzard's sense of smell, and present state of the controversy, ii, [81-84];
his champions of the scientific and literary press, ii, [84];
on his snake stories, ii, [85];
his most persistent heckler, ii, [86-92];
Waterton and Swainson, on the authorship of his Ornithological Biography, ii, [87];
on the rivalries of contemporaries, ii, [93-124];
to Swainson, ii, [95-97], [99-100], [101-103], [112];
Swainson to, ii, [97-99], [103-108];
his appeal to Swainson for assistance on his letterpress, ii, [94], [98], [102-103], [104-107];
check in friendship and engagement of MacGillivray, ii, [108];
resulting controversy over the authorship of the Ornithological Biography, ii, [87-88], [109];
on the craze for describing new species, ii, [110];
"Ornithophilus" on, ii, [111];
Swainson as biographer of, ii, [113-115];
his reference to Bonaparte resented, ii, [118];
his letter to Bonaparte and their subsequent relations, ii, [119-121];
comment on Gould, ii, [121-124];
return to England in 1834, ii, [125];
to Edward Harris, ii, [125];
on his relations to William MacGillivray, ii, [125-128];
MacGillivray to, ii, [126-128], [130-132], [134];
his ornithological collection, ii, [129];
completion of the second volume of his letterpress, ii, [132];
to Harris, on the alligator and the American edition of his Ornithological Biography, ii, [132], [134];
MacGillivray's contract with, ii, [134];
MacGillivray's assistance and friendship, ii, [134-137];
his acknowledgments and dedication to MacGillivray, ii, [137];
to John Wilson, ii, [139];
on the effects of overwork, ii, [140];
letters to Harris, ii, [141-144];
on Alexander Wilson, ii, [143];
issue of his third volume of the Ornithological Biography, ii, [144];
on his journey, ii, [144];
third American tour, ii, [146];
landing in New York, ii, [146];
efforts to secure the Nuttall-Townsend collection of western birds, ii, [147-149], [153-154];
thwarted in Philadelphia, ii, [149];
in Boston and Salem, ii, [149-151];
meets Brewer and Nuttall, ii, [150];
friendship and recommendation of Daniel Webster, ii, [151];
success of canvassing in New York, ii, [153];
efforts to obtain the collections in Philadelphia renewed, ii, [153];
rivalry of priority seekers, ii, [155];
plans an expedition to Florida, and visits Washington for governmental aid, ii, [155];
entertained at the White House, ii, [156];
on Andrew Jackson, ii, [156];
winter spent with Bachman, ii, [156];
overland with Edward Harris and his younger son to New Orleans, ii, [157];
experiences in the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, ii, [157-165];
adventures with the Crusader, ii, [158-163];
at Galveston Bay, ii, [163];
visit to Houston, ii, [164];
his party disbands at Charleston, ii, [165];
his son's marriage, and return to England, ii, [166];
to Thomas Brewer, ii, [168];
extension of his Birds and revolt of British patrons, ii, [170], [174];
to Harris on Townsend's second collection of western birds, ii, [170-173];
eagerness to render his work as complete as possible, ii, [173];
on extra plates and partial subscribers, ii, [174];
to William Swainson, ii, [176];
his day of greatest triumph, ii, [177];
return to Edinburgh and completion of his letterpress, ii, [178-186];
to his son, ii, [178-181];
at work with MacGillivray, ii, [178-181];
publication of the fourth volume of the Ornithological Biography, ii, [181];
impairment of the health of his wife, ii, [181], [183], [186];
their tour in the Scottish Highlands, ii, [182];
to Edward Harris, ii, [184-186];
completion of his labors in England, ii, [186];
number of American species of birds recognized in 1839, ii, [186];
valedictory to the "gentle reader," ii, [187];
prepares to return with his family to America;
directions to Havell, ii, [188-191];
intimate history of the work of his engraver, with manual for collectors, ii, [191-199];
the Athenæum on, ii, [199];
Peabody on, ii, [200];
on the original and existing numbers of copies of his Birds, ii, [201-203];
on his own and Havell's copy of The Birds of America, ii, [203];
original and present prices of his works, ii, [204];
singular attest of J. P. Hall regarding, ii, [205];
Audubon's account of the Rothschild incident, ii, [206-208];
settles in New York, and immediately undertakes two new works, ii, [208];
Bachman to, on a revised edition of The Birds of America, and the Quadrupeds, ii, [208];
to Brewer on the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, [209];
marriage of his elder son, ii, [210];
Bachman, on his coöperation in the Quadrupeds, ii, [210];
prospectus of the octavo edition of the Birds, ii, [211-212], [214];
its composition and number of American species of birds recognized, ii, [214-215];
to his family while canvassing in Baltimore, ii, [215-217];
original account book of, ii, [217];
extraordinary success of his Birds in "miniature", ii, [217];
bereavements of his family, ii, [218];
his friendship with a rising young naturalist, ii, [218];
opening correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird, ii, [219-223];
William Yarrell to, ii, [223-225];
new birds from Baird, ii, [219], [225];
their correspondence continued, ii, [226];
letter to George Parkman, and the "Parkman Wren,", ii, [227-229];
to W. O. Ayres on collecting quadrupeds, ii, [229];
on the expenses of his publication, ii, [230];
Baird on his first visit to his friend, ii, [230-232];
consolation and advice to his pupil, ii, [232];
purchase of land and house-building, ii, [234];
"Minnie's Land" on the Hudson, ii, [235];
his activities, ii, [235];
Parke Godwin on Audubon and "Minnie's Land," in 1842, ii, [236-238];
in 1845, ii, [238];
his expedition to the Upper Missouri, ii, [239-258];
correspondence with Baird, ii, [239-241];
credentials from the Government, ii, [242];
Daniel Webster's letter, ii, [242];
his letter from President Tyler, ii, [243];
Bachman on the Quadrupeds, ii, [243];
canvassing tour to Canada, ii, [244];
description of Canadian visit in letter to Benjamin Phillips, ii, [244-246];
William Yarrell to, ii, [246];
overtures to Baird to join his western expedition fail, ii, [248-250], [252];
Edward Harris to, ii, [251];
his party, ii, [252];
rendezvous at Philadelphia and beginning of journey, ii, [252];
ascent of the Missouri in the Magnet, ii, [252];
his journal of their experiences, ii, [253];
discovery of new birds, ii, [253];
on George Catlin, ii, [254];
at Fort Union, ii, [254-256];
first experience with buffalo, ii, [254];
forecast of its fate, ii, [255];
in a wilderness that howls, ii, [256];
his return, ii, [256];
on a canal boat homeward bound, ii, [257];
mistaken for a Dunker, ii, [258];
portrait by his son, ii, [258];
to Baird, ii, [258];
completion of his Birds in octavo, and dedication to Baird, ii, [259];
his final work on the Quadrupeds, ii, [261];
on Pennant's marten, ii, [263];
to Bachman on mischief makers, and letterpress of the Quadrupeds, ii, [264-267];
his copper-plates of The Birds of America pass through fire in New York, ii, [267];
as a spectator at the ruins, ii, [267];
reply to Baird on the results of the fire, ii, [268];
Bachman's visit in 1845, ii, [268];
Bachman's complaints and ultimatum through Harris, ii, [269];
Bachman on his Missouri River Journal, ii, [271];
correspondence with Baird, ii, [272-273], [275-278], [279];
recommendation of Baird, ii, [279];
his son visits England to paint for the Quadrupeds, ii, [280];
manuscript of the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, [283];
illustrations and completion of plates of the Quadrupeds, ii, [285];
Brewer on a visit to "Minnie's Land" in 1846, ii, [286-288];
letter to Harris in 1847, ii, [287];
Baird's note of last visit in 1847, ii, [288];
Bachman on his visit of 1848, ii, [288];
last days and death at "Minnie's Land", ii, [290];
work of his sons, and his family in America, ii, [291-312];
appropriation by the Government to procure copies of Audubon's works for presentation to foreign countries, ii, [293];
manuscript notes and legends on original drawings of the Birds, ii, [305].
Audubon, Mrs. John James, as editor of a Life of her husband, i, [18], [22];
her girlhood home, i, [108];
Audubon's account of their meeting and his debt to, i, [109];
her father and uncle as protégés of Audubon, i, [125];
Audubon on, i, [160];
her marriage and journey West, i, [194];
her children, i, [198], [247], [248];
her realization in her father's estate, i, [198-200];
her father and family, i, [199], [253-254];
as spur and balance wheel, i, [301];
at Cincinnati, i, [303], [306], [307], [320];
the Western Museum incident, i, [304];
at New Orleans, i, [320], [322];
engagements at Natchez and St. Francisville, i, [322];
her "Beechwoods" school, i, [322];
Audubon to, i, [370-372], [420-421], [424], [428];
at "Beechwoods," i, [431-435];
accompanies her husband to England, i, [435-436]; ii, [1];
John Bachman to, ii, [5];
Richard Harlan to, ii, [14];
her activities and school at "Minnie's Land," ii, [299];
breaking up of her home and the Life of her husband, ii, [300];
to a relative on her family's affairs, ii, [301];
to William R. Dorlan on her husband's autograph, ii, [302];
her last years and death, ii, [302];
a eulogy, ii, [303];
disposal of the original drawings of The Birds of America, ii, [304];
ascription of drawing to, ii, [306].
Audubon, John Woodhouse, his birth, ii, [248], [323], [371];
his father to, i, [373], [390]; ii, [43], [44], [54], [56-57], [156];
marriage to Bachman's daughter, ii, [166];
journey to Texas, ii, [272];
goes to England to paint for the Quadrupeds, ii, [273], [280];
dedication to John Edward Gray, ii, [280];
J. E. Gray to, ii, [281];
part in painting the originals of the folio plates of the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, [285];
his unfortunate California venture, ii, [289];
his marriage to Caroline Hall, ii, [294];
children and descendants, ii, [294];
his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, [295], [311-312];
his illness and death, ii, [295-296], [297];
his project for reproducing the original folio of The Birds of America in America, checked by the War, ii, [296], [389-391];
residual stock of the incomplete work, ii, [296];
as his father's aid, ii, [297], [299];
activities and characteristics as boy and man, ii, [297-299], [309-310];
his Western Journal, ii, [299];
death of his second wife, ii, [303].
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Maria Rebecca Bachman), her marriage, ii, [166];
her death, ii, [218];
her children, ii, [294].
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Caroline Hall), her marriage, children and descendants, ii, [294];
her death, ii, [294].
Audubon, Maria Rebecca, publication of Audubon's Autobiography by, i, [16];
Audubon and his Journals by, i, [22], [28], [63], [106], [153], [270], [369].
Audubon, Marie Rosa (Mme. de Vaugeon), i, [27];
suit by, i, [28], [263].
Audubon, Pierre, service in the French merchant marine, i, [26];
his son, Jean, and his family, i, [27];
at siege of Louisburg, i, [28].
Audubon, Rosa (Mme. Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, see[Muguet]), her birth, i, [56];
taken to France, i, [57];
act of adoption, i, [59];
as godmother, i, [128];
marriage contract and marriage of, i, [131];
her home, children and death, i, [269].
Audubon, Victor Gifford, his birth, i, [198], [269], [325], [371], [396], [427];
takes charge of his father's publications in England, ii, [31];
his father to, ii, [33-40], [43-44], [55-62];
in his father's defense, ii, [55], [88], [65], [81], [119], [178], [189];
on the number of sets of The Birds of America issued, ii, [202];
married to Mary Eliza Bachman, ii, [210];
on "Minnie's Land," ii, [235];
John Bachman to, ii, [261-263], [281-283];
to Spencer F. Baird, ii, [278];
Baird to, ii, [278];
as amanuensis to Bachman, ii, [283], [291];
to Bachman, ii, [289];
success in canvassing, ii, [292];
Bachman's recommendation, ii, [292];
his issues of the Quadrupeds and Birds, ii, [293], [295];
his second marriage and children, ii, [294];
his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, [295], [311];
his illness and death, ii, [395];
death of his wife, ii, [303].
Audubon, Mrs. Victor Gifford (Mary Eliza Bachman), her marriage, ii, [210];
her death, ii, [218].
Audubon Mrs. Victor Gifford, (Georgianna Richards Mallory), ii, [258];
her marriage and children, ii, [294];
her death, ii, [294].
Ayres, W. O., Audubon, on collecting quadrupeds, to, ii, [229-230], [277].
Bachman, Rev. John, i, [291], [293];
meeting and friendship with Audubon, ii, [5], [9];
to Mrs. Audubon, ii, [5];
Audubon's gift of his Birds of America to, ii, [7];
as canvasser for Audubon, ii, [27];
Audubon to, ii, [27];
to Audubon, ii, [32-33], [51];
buzzard experiments, ii, [55-56], [57], [59], [61];
publication of his paper on the Turkey Buzzard, ii, [56];
on Audubon's working habits, ii, [63-65];
account of experiments on the sense of sight and smell in vultures, ii, [81-83];
Audubon to, on the effects of overwork, ii, [140-141], [146];
on conditions in the South, ii, [148];
Audubon's winter with, ii, [156];
marriage of daughter of, ii, [166];
in London, ii, [178], [179], [184];
to Audubon on his "Small Edition of Birds" and Quadrupeds, ii, [208-209];
marriage of the daughter of, ii, [210];
on his coöperation with Audubon in the Quadrupeds, ii, [210-211], [216], [220];
to Audubon on the Quadrupeds, ii, [243-244], [258-259];
on the Quadrupeds of North America, ii, [261-263], [269-272], [281-283];
calls for help, ii, [262];
Audubon to, on mischief-making of a "mutual friend," and the letterpress of the Quadrupeds, ii, [264-267];
on Audubon in 1845, ii, [268];
his ultimatum to Edward Harris as mediator, ii, [268-270];
on Audubon's Missouri River Journal, ii, [271];
difficulties of coöperation, ii, [273];
domestic bereavement, ii, [274];
his second marriage, ii, [281];
working methods, ii, [281];
facsimile letter, ii, [282];
manuscript on the Quadrupeds, ii, [283];
early life and career, ii, [284];
on Alexander von Humboldt, ii, [284];
on Audubon in 1848, ii, [288];
completion of the text of the Quadrupeds, ii, [291];
recommendation of Victor Audubon and statement of his part and interest in the work, ii, [292-293], [311].
Bachman, Mrs. John (Harriet Martin), death of, ii, [274].
Bachman, Mrs. John (Maria Martin), marriage of, ii, [281].
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, his friendship with Audubon, ii, [218-220];
Audubon to, ii, [219-222], [232-233];
discovers new birds, ii, [219], [221], [225];
visits Audubon in New York, ii, [230];
to Audubon, ii, [231-232], [235];
correspondence with Audubon on the Missouri expedition, ii, [239-241], [248-250], [252], [259];
dedication of Audubon to, ii, [259-260];
Coues on, ii, [260];
correspondence with Audubon on quadrupeds, ii, [263], [264], [272-273], [274-278];
on Pennant's marten, ii, [263];
first visit to Audubon, ii, [264];
on fate of Audubon's copper-plates, ii, [267];
his marriage and appointment in Dickinson College, ii, [276];
on Victor Audubon's gift, ii, [278];
on the curatorship of the Smithsonian Institution, ii, [279];
his recommendations by Audubon, ii, [279];
last letter and visit to Audubon, ii, [288].
Bakewell, Benjamin, as protégé of young Audubon, i, [125];
Audubon's engagement with, i, [153], [154-155], [171-172];
his establishment, correspondents and clerks, i, [153-154];
his residence and previous business career, i, [154];
his New York business and correspondents, i, [155];
dealings with Claude François Rozier, as told in Audubon's letters, i, [156-158], [161-163], [164-166];
ruin of his trade by the Embargo Act, i, [172];
his business dealings with Audubon and Rozier, i, [186], [193];
emigration to America and establishment in New Haven, i, [201];
Wilson at his glass works in Pittsburgh, i, [204].
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse (of Crith, Derbyshire), i, [200].
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse, i, [153];
statement of accounts of Audubon & Rozier with his uncle's estate, i, [193]; see also ii, [354-355];
letter to Audubon & Rozier, i, [196];
failure of his commission business with Audubon at New Orleans, i, [248];
second partnership with Audubon, and history of their mill enterprise at Henderson, i, [254-255], [259];
lease of land, i, [254];
investment in mill, i, [255];
withdrawal from business partnership, i, [256];
subsequent successful career at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati, i, [259];
his financial reverses, fortitude and death, i, [259].
Bakewell, William, his purchase of "Fatland Ford" and settlement upon this estate, i, [99], [108];
his daughter, Lucy Green, i, [108-110];
his private accounts and aid to Audubon and Rozier, i, [125];
sale of a portion of his farm in the interests of his daughter, i, [198];
to Audubon and Rozier regarding the sale, i, [199];
his family and history, i, [200];
emigration to the United States and business at New Haven, i, [201];
death of his first wife, i, [201];
his second marriage, i, [201];
his death, i, [201];
death of his second wife, i, [201];
financial assistance to son by, i, [255].
Bakewell, William Gifford, record of a visit to "Mill Grove," i, [111-112], [427]; ii, [252].
Bartram, William, as mentor to Alexander Wilson, i, [212];
Wilson, in letter to, i, [213];
his hospitality, i, [214], [216];
his niece, and the Botanic Gardens of his father, i, [215];
on numbers of American birds, ii, [214].
"Bird of Washington" ("Aquila washingtonii"), Audubon's supposed discovery of, i, [241], [400], [406]; ii, [185].
Birds of America (folio), cost and rarity of, i, [4];
defects in drawings of, i, [174], [184-185];
destruction of drawings designed for, i, [179], [320-321];
in embryo, i, [180-183];
presentation copies of, i, [356];
plans of publication, i, [343];
first subscriber to, i, [353];
first engraved plate of, i, [359];
Lizars' part in engraving of, i, [359];
issue of first number of, i, [362];
first prospectus of, i, [373], see also ii, [386-388];
title of, i, [381];
the Havells in relation to, i, [380-385];
rebirth of, in London, i, [384];
the singular history of plate No. iii, i, [384];
difficulties with colorists, i, [389];
the Queen as patroness, i, [392];
revision of drawings, i, [398];
Swainson's review, i, [403];
progress of, i, [405];
Cuvier's report, i, [413];
Bachman as canvasser for, ii, [27];
Thomas H. Perkins' copy, ii, [29];
Audubon's directions for dispatch of parts of, ii, [37];
his financial accounts with, ii, [37];
American subscribers, ii, [36-41];
insurance of drawings for, ii, [40];
editorial comment, ii, [41];
revolt of patrons at extension of plan, ii, [170], [174];
Audubon on extra plates and partial subscribers to, ii, [174];
completion of, ii, [177];
Audubon on residual stock of plates, ii, [188-190];
uncolored plates of, ii, [190];
on insurance of copper-plates of, ii, [191];
intimate history of the engravers and plates, with manual for collectors, ii, [191-199];
story told in artists' and engravers' captions or legends, ii, [196-198];
dates, errors and editions in plates, ii, [196-198];
original and present known numbers of complete sets, ii, [201];
Audubon'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 copper-plates of, ii, [295], [306-309];
final lists of subscribers, ii, [380-385];
prospectus of 1828, ii, [386-388].
Birds of America (in octavo), prospectus, 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 canvasser for, ii, [215-217];
remarkable success of, ii, [217];
account-book of Audubon in business of, ii, [217];
William Yarrell on, ii, [223];
"Parkman'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].
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, introduces 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 Ornithology, i, [330];
his account of the Wild Turkey, i, [331];
characterization by a contemporary, i, [334];
his subscription to The Birds of America, i, [380], [385];
to Audubon, 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 comment 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 characterization of, criticized, i, [281].
Bossals and Creoles in Santo Domingo, i, [42], [47].
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 concerning, i, [56];
her birth, i, [67], [130].
Boulart (General), letter to Citizen Audubon, i, [80].
Bowen, Samuel Adams, his steamboat at Henderson, i, [236];
Audubon's encounter with, i, [257-259];
suit against Audubon by, i, [258];
conclusion of bench in action brought by, i, [259].
Brilliant, Jean Audubon's encounter with, i, [82].
Broadnax, Henry P., judge in case of Samuel Adams Bowen and others vs. Audubon, i, [258];
his decision in a case of assault, i, [259].
Brown, Capt. Thomas, curious history of Illustrations of the American Ornithology by, i, [443-445];
limited circulation, rarity and piratical character of the work, i, [443-445];
his Illustrations of the Genera of Birds, i, [444];
contemporary and later notices of his atlas, i, [444].
Buchanan, Robert Williams, true story of his Life of Audubon, i, [18-22];
his struggles, talents, idiosyncrasies and death, i, [19], [21], [22].
Caledonian Mercury, Notice of Jameson's edition of Wilson and Bonaparte's Ornithology in, i, [442];
notice of Jardine's edition in, i, [442-443], [446];
Audubon to Kidd in, ii, [2];
on the Wilson-Audubon obituary, ii, [3].
Cayes (Les Cayes), delivery of slaves at, i, [31];
Jean Audubon's business interests in, i, [39];
its pre-revolutionary importance, i, [38];
corruption of its name, i, [38];
slave trade at, i, [39-41];
first touched by the Revolution, i, [50];
birth of Fougère (John James Audubon), and Muguet (Rosa Audubon), at, i, [52-53], [56];
Jean Audubon's fortune and financial losses at, i, [82];
final settlement of Jean Audubon's estate at, i, [268].
Cedar-bird (Bombycilla cedrorum), habits of, i, [423].
Central Committee (at Nantes), extract from register of, i, [134].
Charleston, meeting of Audubon and Bachman at, ii, [5], [9];
Audubon's tribute to hospitality of people at, ii, [10];
bird-hunting at, ii, [10];
return of Audubon's party, ii, [25];
Bachman's services at, ii, [284].
Chat, Yellow-breasted (Icteria virens), Audubon's original drawing of, i, [425].
Chuck-will's-widow (Antrostomus carolinensis), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [182].
Cincinnati (Ohio), in 1810, i, [205];
record of earthquakes at, i, [280];
settlement of Audubon at, i, [303];
Dr. Drake and the Western Museum, i, [303-306];
early "Notice concerning," and activities of Dr. Drake, i, [304-306];
organization of a college and medical school, i, [305];
Audubon stranded at, i, [344].
Cincinnati College, relations of Dr. Daniel Drake to, i, [304];
foundation and first president of, i, [305].
Couëron, discovery of documents at, i, [53];
settlement of Jean Audubon at, i, [57], [83];
condition in 1793, i, [80], [137];
the D'Orbignys at, i, [127-128], [130];
history and characteristics of, i, [136-140];
present industry and population of, i, [137];
record of visit to, in 1913, i, [138-140];
grand calvaire at, i, [139];
history of Audubon's boyhood home at, i, [140-145].
Coues, Elliott, on Audubon, i, [110];
on Alexander Wilson, i, [213]; ii, [129].
Count of Artois (Le Comte d'Artois), encounter of Jean Audubon, and his capture in, i, [32];
armament and fate of, i, [33];
bill of sale of, i, [33];
unsettled claims concerning, i, [121], [265].
Cuvier, Baron Georges, his eulogy on Audubon's Birds, i, [1];
his patronage, i, [2];
his death, i, [4];
report at the Royal Academy of Sciences, i, [174], [412-413];
Audubon's description of, i, [410-411]; ii, [101], [142], [448].
Cyclopædia, New American, Wilson's editorial work on, i, [216-217], [219].
Dacosta, Francis, and the Prevost mortgage, i, [106];
first appearance at "Mill Grove," and his interest in its mine, i, [113];
early exploitation, i, [114];
as Lieutenant Audubon's attorney and guardian of his son, i, [114];
his purchase of a one-half interest, i, [114];
his salary and grievances, i, [115];
difficulties with young Audubon and with the mine, i, [115];
correspondence of Lieutenant Audubon, i, [116-123];
Lieutenant Audubon's appeal in answer to complaints, i, [118];
instructions for settlement of claims, i, [121-123];
rebellion of young Audubon, i, [123];
his praise of Audubon's drawings, i, [124];
succeeded by Audubon and Rozier, i, [132];
called to account, i, [146];
acquisition of the remaining Audubon and Rozier interests, i, [148-150];
his "rôle of chicaner," i, [151], [158];
his failure and disputed claim, i, [168];
award of arbitrators in case, i, [168];
reproduction of his contested accounts, ii, [355-358].
David, Jacques Louis, i, [3], [174], [175], [176];
his revolutionary ardor, patriotism and popularity, i, [174], [176];
his exile and death, i, [174];
his portrait of the mayor of Nantes, i, [174-176];
his reception at Nantes, i, [175];
his address to the Municipal Assembly, i, [175];
his studios and pupils at the Louvre, i, [177];
his works and influence, i, [177];
influence on Audubon's style, i, [178].
Davis, Isaac P., ii, [151];
on Webster's copy of The Birds of America, ii, [152].
De Kervegan, Daniel, popularity and portrait of, as mayor of Nantes, i, [175].
De La Luzerne, his recommendation of Jean Audubon, i, [32], [34].
Delos, Audubon's voyage on, i, [347-350];
subsequent fate of, i, [348].
De Marigny, Ecuyer Sieur, and his family, i, [69];
true story of his family, and of "Fontainebleau," which has been erroneously attributed to him, i, [69];
his summer house at Mandeville, i, [71].
D'Orbigny, Dr. Charles Marie, as friend of young Audubon, i, [120], [127-128];
his family, i, [128];
Audubon as godfather to son of, i, [128];
financial troubles of, i, [128-130];
Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau to, i, [129];
as debtor to Lieutenant Audubon's estate, i, [129];
inquiries concerning, i, [130];
as witness, i, [153];
Audubon's correspondence with, i, [160], [163], [171].
Drake, Dr. Daniel, and Alexander Wilson, i, [305];
record of earthquakes at Cincinnati by, i, [280];
his engagement of Audubon as taxidermist, i, [303];
his foundation of the Western Museum and Audubon's connection with it, i, [304-306];
his varied activities, i, [304];
his early "Notice concerning Cincinnati," i, [304];
his organization of the Cincinnati College and medical school, i, [305];
his troubles with rivals, i, [306];
his appointment at the Transylvania University, i, [306].
Duck, Labrador (Camptorhynchus labradorius), at Bradore Bay, ii, [48];
extinction of, ii, [48], [152].
Duck, "Velvet," White-winged Scoter (Oidemia deglandi), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [182];
description of, i, [182].
Du Puigaudeau, Gabriel Loyen, Audubon's power of attorney to, i, [64];
to D'Orbigny, i, [128-130];
to J. Cornet, i, [130];
his marriage, i, [131];
his family, occupation and residence, i, [132];
to Audubon, i, [266-269].
Edinburgh, first visit and success of Audubon at, i, [357-373];
beginning of The Birds of America at, i, [358];
exhibition of Audubon's drawings at, i, [359];
meeting with Sir Walter Scott at, i, [365];
issue of Audubon's Prospectus at, i, [373].
Edinburgh Literary Journal, notice of Brown's Illustrations of the American Ornithology in, i, [443].
Evans, Roland, acquisition of "Mill Grove" by, i, [105].
Everett, Edward, patronage and aid of, i, [435];
letters of, i, [436], [448-451];
his efforts for the removal of import duties on The Birds of America, i, [448];
his nomination of Audubon to fellowship in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, i, [450]; ii, [5], [23], [64];
"Fatland Ford," William Bakewell's acquisition of, i, [98], [108], [201];
mansion house and farm of, i, [108];
Audubon's introduction to, i, [108];
Generals Washington and Howe at, i, [108];
marriage of Lucy Bakewell at, i, [194];
realization of Mrs. Audubon in, i, [198].
Featherstonhaugh, G. W., Rafinesque's reply to, i, [294];
on Audubon's plans, ii, [4];
Audubon's Florida letters to, ii, [8-14], [15-22];
suspension of Journal of, ii, [23], [28], [84].
Feliciana, West, characteristics of, i, [314-315];
former prosperity of, i, [323].
Finch, MacGillivray's, MacGillivray's Seaside Sparrow (Passerhebulus maritimus macgillivraii), i, [354].
Fisher, Miers, as Jean Audubon's attorney and protégé of his son, i, [99];
Jean Audubon to, i, [100];
residence in Philadelphia, i, [106];
and the Prevost mortgage, i, [106], [122];
succeeded by Dacosta, i, [113-114], [120-122];
as counselor of Audubon and Rozier, i, [148], [149], [160], [167];
resumption of duties as agent and attorney by, i, [168].
Flatboats, on the Ohio River in 1810, i, [234];
convenience of, i, [234];
cost of, at Pittsburgh, i, [235];
time of passage of, from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, i, [235];
floating trade of, i, [234].
Flicker (Colaptes auratus), original painting of, i, [363].
Florida, Audubon's explorations in, ii, [12-25];
Audubon, on the future of the east coast of, ii, [20].
Flycatcher, "Small-headed," curious history of, i, [218], [226-227];
reference to, by Thomas Nuttall, i, [227];
identifications of, by Cowes and Baird, i, [227]; ii, [215].
Flycatcher, Traill's (Empidonax trailli), i, [354].
"Fontainebleau," myth and true story of, i, [69], [71].
Gould, John, Bonaparte on, ii, [121];
Audubon on, ii, [121];
works of, ii, [121];
charges against, ii, [122];
anecdote of, ii, [123];
financial success of publications of, ii, [124]; [224-225].
Hall, Capt. Basil, on the Leander, i, [364];
as Audubon's friend, i, [365], [367];
to John Murray, i, [378]; return to England from the United States, i, [407].
Hall, Harrison, publication of, i, [329]; ii, [98].
Hall, James, notorious review of, i, [329]; ii, [98].
Hall, J. Prescott, memorandum regarding The Birds of America, ii, [204].
Havell, Robert, Senior, his family, i, [381-383];
his shop in Newman Street, i, [382];
partnership with his son, i, [383];
their enterprise in undertaking The Birds of America, i, [384];
his death, i, [384];
their relationship as read in the legends of Audubon's plates, ii, [195-198].
Havell, Robert, Junior, i, [12];
Audubon's discovery of, i, [382];
a family of artists, i, [382];
partnership with his father and rebirth of The Birds of America in London, i, [384];
his "Zoölogical Gallery," i, [384];
advertisement of his business, i, [386];
story of the Prothonotary Warbler, i, [383-384], [405];
Swainson on, i, [414];
Audubon to, i, [433]; ii, [33], [34], [35], [38];
to Audubon, ii, [51], [57], [58], [62], [174], [180], [186];
Audubon on closing up his business, ii, [188-191];
settlement in the United States, ii, [191-192];
his work, characteristics and death, ii, [192];
Audubon's memento to, ii, [192];
his genius and mastery of aquatint, ii, [193-195];
as Audubon's engraver, ii, [195];
history of his engravings of Audubon's Birds, ii, [196-198];
his copy of the work, ii, [203].
Henderson (Kentucky), removal of Audubon and Rozier to, i, [236];
settlement, early name and population of, i, [236];
game and character of the country at, in 1810, i, [236];
first Kentucky steamer built at, i, [236];
Audubon's activities in 1810, i, [237];
return of Audubon to, in 1811, i, [242];
houses of Dr. Adam Rankin, i, [248];
original plot of town, i, [250], [252];
his purchase of land at, i, [250], [252];
his log house and store, i, [252];
town records, i, [252];
record of earthquakes, i, [280];
Rafinesque's visit, i, [285-287].
Huron, Laurence, engagement of Ferdinand Rozier, with, i, [153];
his business relations with the Bakewell firm and with Rozier, the elder, i, [156-157], [159-161], [165];
his award in the settlement of the contested accounts of Francis Dacosta, i, [168];
dealings of Audubon & Rozier, i, [186].
Ingalls, William, Parkman's recommendation of, ii, [42].
Indigo, history of Audubon's investment in, i, [193].
Indians (Shawnee), feather hunting of, i, [238];
incident at camp of, i, [239];
(Osage), Audubon's experience with, i, [240].
Jeanes, Joseph Y., his collection of original Audubon drawings and manuscripts, i, [180], [181]; ii, [50], [375-379].
Jefferson, Thomas, Embargo Act of, i, [193];
on the numbers of species of American birds, ii, [214].
Jenner, Edward, announcement of discovery of vaccination, i, [55];
account of behavior of young cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) discredited by Waterton, ii, [90].
Johnson, William Garrett, Audubon at home of, i, [427], [432];
engagement of Mrs. Audubon by, i, [431];
authorization to fill position at home of, i, [434].
Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [180].
Kirtland, Dr. Jared P., i, [291];
"Note Book" of, i, [292].
Kite, Mississippi (Ictinia mississippiensis), Ord's charge concerning, i, [228];
similarity in one of Wilson's and Audubon's figures of, i, [228];
misnaming of sex in, i, [229];
Audubon's legends on original drawing of, i, [229];
Wilson's and Audubon's first experience with, i, [229-230]; [316].
Lawson, Alexander, Wilson to, i, [212];
Wilson's debt to, as the engraver of his Ornithology, i, [213];
the daughter of, i, [219];
his statement regarding the mysterious flycatcher, i, [227];
as Bonaparte's engraver, i, [330];
report of his interview with Audubon, i, [330].
Lawson, Malvinia, on Wilson's publisher, i, [219].
Les Sables d'Olonne, Pierre Audubon's family at, i, [26];
its hostility to the Revolution, i, [27];
as home port of Jean Audubon's ships, i, [28];
mission of Jean Audubon to, i, [80-81]; [83].
Leslie, Charles Robert, comment on the American Ornithology, i, [217].
"Les Tourterelles," death of Mme. Audubon at, i, [263];
death of Rosa Audubon at, i, [269].
Le Sueur, Charles Alexandre, i, [294], [328];
appearance of, i, [333]; ii, [157].
Letters in facsimile, "Audubon & Bakewell" to Rozier, i, [251];
Audubon to Edward Harris, i, [332];
Samuel Latham Mitchell to Dr. Barnes, i, [337];
William Swainson to Audubon, i, [402];
Charles Lucien Bonaparte to Audubon, i, [417];
George Parkman to Audubon, ii, [43];
Robert Havell to Audubon, ii, [51];
William MacGillivray to Audubon, ii, [132];
Edward Harris to Audubon, ii, [251];
John Bachman to George Oates, ii, [282];
Audubon to Edward Harris, ii, [287].
Lincoln, Thomas, ii, [43];
"Lincoln's Finch," ii, [45], [50].
Linnæan Society, Audubon's election to, i, [397];
manuscripts in possession of, i, [400].
L'Instituteur, Jean Audubon's command of, i, [82].
Lissabé, Mme. Jean Louis, suit by, i, [28], [263].
Literary Gazette (London), on Brown's Illustrations, i, [444];
announcement of publication of the Ornithological Biography, i, [444];
Audubon's premature obituary in, ii, [2].
London Colney, residence of William Swainson at, i, [403];
death of Mrs. Swainson at, i, [403].
London, recollections of Audubon in, i, [11];
site of Havell's engraving establishment in, i, [12];
Audubon in, i, [377-419];
his first impressions of, i, [377];
rebirth of The Birds of America in, i, [384];
his dislike of, i, [397];
completion of his Birds in, ii, [177].
Loon (Gavia immer), "Great Northern Diver," original drawing of, ii, [47].
Loudon, John C., editorial enterprise of, i, [399].
Louisburg, Jean Audubon made prisoner at, i, [28].
Louisville (Kentucky), diary of a journey from Philadelphia to, in 1807, i, [187-192];
establishment of Audubon & Rozier at, i, [192];
prospects and hospitality of the people, i, [196-198];
birth of Victor Gifford Audubon at, i, [198];
arrival of Alexander Wilson at, i, [205];
a meeting of rivals at, i, [220-226];
in 1810, i, [233];
Audubon's legal troubles at, i, [260].
Lubbock, Sir John, baron Avebury, characteristics in youth of, i, [93].
Lyceum of Natural History (New York), activities of in 1817, i, [171];
introduction of Audubon to, i, [336].
MacGillivray, William, i, [12]; ii, [108], [113-114];
his assistance to Audubon, ii, [125-138];
to Audubon, ii, [126-128], [130-132], [134];
his methods of work, ii, [127-129];
his History of British Birds, ii, [130], [135-136];
his contract with Audubon, ii, [134];
character and scholarship, ii, [134-136];
his writings, ii, [135];
Audubon's acknowledgments to, ii, [137];
his copy of the Ornithological Biography, ii, [138];
Audubon at work with, ii, [178-180], [181];
Audubon's tour with, ii, [182];
Audubon's memorandum of account with, ii, [188].
Manchester, visit of Audubon at, in 1826, i, [356];
Audubon's success in canvassing at, i, [376].
Marigny, Bernard, his birth, i, [70];
acquisition of "Fontainebleau," i, [70];
his service in France and return to the United States, i, [71];
act of the Government to establish his disputed claim to land, i, [71];
origin of "Fontainebleau," and description of his property, i, [71];
foundation of Mandeville, i, [71];
friendship with Audubon, i, [72];
his death, i, [72].
Merchant-traders, means of travel and hardships of, i, [234-236];
their journeys by flatboat and horse to and from the West, i, [234-236].
Mill of Audubon, Bakewell and Pears, at Henderson (Kentucky), history of the building, operation and failure of, i, [254-257];
lease of land for, i, [254];
description of relic of, in 1879 and 1883, i, [254];
difficulties with operation of, i, [255];
cost, conversion and destruction of, i, [255];
reorganization for working of, i, [256];
bill rendered for products of, i, [256];
final failure and closure of, i, [257];
Audubon's financial and legal troubles following failure of, i, [257-261].
"Mill Grove," Jean Audubon's purchase, i, [37], [105];
Audubon's arrival at, i, [99-101];
tenant and rent of, i, [101];
acquisition and preservation by the Wetherills, i, [102];
situation and characteristics, i, [102];
old conveyances and designation, i, [103];
first miller and builder, i, [104];
mills and farm house at, i, [104];
the Prevost mortgage, i, [105], [122];
Jean Audubon's lease and inventory, i, [105];
stay of Audubon at, i, [106];
Jean Audubon's portrait at, i, [106];
bird studies at, i, [106];
discovery of lead and arrival of Dacosta, i, [113];
Dacosta's one-half interest and exploitation of mine, i, [114];
analysis of his lead ore, i, [114];
Claude François Rozier's interest, i, [115];
the Audubon, Dacosta, Rozier partnership and its difficulties, i, [115];
instructions concerning farmhouse at, i, [118];
Audubon and Rozier as agents for conduct and sale of, i, [132];
Audubon's and Rozier's duties at, i, [146];
status of house in their "Articles," i, [147];
story of later mining enterprises at, i, [148-150], [152-153], [167-170];
consideration for sale of remaining Audubon and Rozier interests to Dacosta and Company, i, [149];
division of the property, and sale of the Audubon and Rozier rights, i, [150], [152-153];
Audubon's conflicting references to sale of, i, [158], [159-160], [162], [165-168];
difficulties over conditional sale of, i, [168];
unraveling the tangle, i, [169];
Dacosta's contested accounts, and award in their settlement, i, [168];
sequel to story of mine at, i, [169];
products of mine at, i, [199].
Milestown (Pennsylvania), Alexander Wilson, as teacher at, i, [212].
"Minnie's Land," purchase of estate of, ii, [234];
building of house at, ii, [234];
Audubon at, ii, [236-238];
Audubon's account of, ii, [245-246];
houses of Audubon's sons at, ii, [294-295], [311-312];
the "Cave" at, ii, [295], [312];
departure of Mrs. John James Audubon from, ii, [300];
building activities and changes at, ii, [309];
present condition of original houses at, ii, [309-311];
early representations of Audubon's house at, ii, [311].
Miquelon Island, voyage of Jean Audubon to, i, [29].
Mississippi River, Audubon's cruise on in 1820, i, [307].
Missouri River, Audubon's experiences and discoveries on, in 1843, ii, [252-256].
Mitchell, Doctor Samuel Latham, his friendship with Audubon, i, [171];
his repute and activities, i, [171];
as friend of Rafinesque, i, [290];
his introduction of Audubon and letter to Dr. Barnes, i, [336].
Mulattoes, numbers and plight of, in Santo Domingo, i, [43];
as slave holders, i, [44];
revolt under Ogé, i, [50];
first clash with whites at Les Cayes, i, [50];
union with the blacks and beginning of general revolt, i, [51].
Nantes, Jean Audubon at, i, [30-32];
his places of residence, i, [36], [57-58], [86-87];
in the Revolution, i, [59], [73-74];
Committee of Public Safety and National Guard of, i, [74];
attack and siege of, i, [74];
acceptance of republican constitution by, i, [75];
reign of terror under Carrier at, i, [75];
fate of Vendeans at, i, [75];
savior of, i, [76];
victims of Carrier and the plague at, i, [75];
execution of Charette at, i, [76];
raided by "Tête-Carée," i, [77];
restoration of peace at, i, [77];
revolutionary records of, i, [78];
Jean Audubon's activities, i, [78-82];
his death at, i, [87];
his appreciation by, i, [83].
Natchez (Mississippi), visit of Audubon, i, [308];
loss of his portfolio at, i, [309];
as teacher at, i, [321];
his first lessons in oils, i, [321];
engagement of Mrs. Audubon, i, [322];
illness of Audubon, i, [324].
National Assembly of Paris, Declaration of Rights, of, i, [49];
vacillating policies of, i, [51].
New Orleans (Louisiana), memorial to Audubon at, i, [13];
Alexander Wilson at, i, [207];
Audubon at, i, [306-310];
his struggles to gain a footing at, i, [310-312];
as teacher at, i, [318];
settlement and financial difficulties at, i, [319];
engagement of Mrs. Audubon at, i, [322];
Audubon embarks for Liverpool at, i, [347];
his observations at, i, [348].
New York (New York), memorials to Audubon at, i, [13];
Jean Audubon a prisoner at, i, [32];
his release, i, [32], [34];
disbanding of the British army at, i, [35];
Audubon's introduction to, i, [99];
pestilence at, i, [99], [135];
Audubon's original drawings at, i, [228];
Vanderlyn's portrait of Andrew Jackson in City Hall of, i, [338];
Audubon's description of landing at, in 1836, ii, [146];
his success in canvassing at, ii, [153];
his old residence and estate, ii, [234-236], [310-312].
New York Herald, account of "Mill Grove" mine in, i, [114].
Niagara Falls (New York), Alexander Wilson at, i, [216];
Audubon at, i, [340]; ii, [167].
Nighthawk (Chordeiles virginianus), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [180].
Nolte, Vincent, on Audubon in 1811, i, [277];
his journey from Pittsburgh to Lexington, i, [276-279]; [352].
Ogé, James, rebellion and death of, i, [50];
its effect upon the Santo Domingan whites, i, [50].
Ohio River, Audubon's description of journey on, i, [195];
Wilson's journey in 1810, i, [205];
traffic of the "ark" and keel boat, in 1810, i, [234-236];
first steamer, and steam traffic on, i, [236];
Audubon's experience at the mouth of, i, [238];
breaking up of the ice in, i, [241];
Rafinesque on fishes of, i, [292];
Audubon's descent of, in 1820, i, [307].
Orleans, Duke of, as Audubon's patron, i, [3], [411-412].
Ornithological Biography, description of Bird Rock in, i, [9];
story of the Pewee, i, [99], [106-107];
on the Velvet Duck, i, [182];
journey down the Ohio River, i, [195];
Alexander Wilson's visit to Louisville, i, [220-223];
Wilson on the Whooping Crane, i, [227];
discrepancies in "Episodes" in, i, [273];
"Louisville in Kentucky," i, [274];
"The Prairie," i, [274], [282-284];
"A Wild Horse," i, [274-276];
"The Eccentric Naturalist," i, [274], [285-300];
"The Earthquake," i, [279];
"The Hurricane," i, [280];
"The Regulators," i, [281];
"Colonel Boone," i, [281];
Natchez, i, [308];
on The Birds of America, i, [343];
publication of, i, [438];
MacGillivray's assistance in, i, [438];
rivals of, i, [438-439]; [442-445];
American copyright of, i, [439];
publisher's announcement, i, [444-445], [448];
the Athenæum on, ii, [84-85], [140], [142];
W. B. O. Peabody on, ii, [85];
Featherstonhaugh on, ii, [85];
on the authorship of, ii, [87-89], [102-103], [103-109];
on new species in, ii, [109-111];
"Ornithophilus" on, ii, [111], [112];
Swainson on, ii, [113];
and MacGillivray, ii, [125-138];
Audubon on American Edition of, ii, [134], [141];
MacGillivray's copy of, ii, [138];
John Wilson on, ii, [139];
third volume of, ii, [144], [178-180];
fourth volume of, ii, [181];
completion of, ii, [186];
valedictory to reader, ii, [187];
memorandum of accounts with MacGillivray for assistance in, ii, [188];
Audubon on residual stock of, ii, [189].
Ornithological Gallery, plan and abandonment of, by Audubon and Kidd, i, [446].
Orr, Charles, correspondence of Alexander Wilson, with, i, [210-212].
Osprey, Fish Hawk (Pandion haliaëtus), early drawing by Audubon, i, [182].
Otter, original painting and exhibition of, i, [394].
Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapillus), "Golden-crowned Thrush," Audubon's original drawing of, i, [425].
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), record of journey from Philadelphia to, in 1807, i, [187-191];
characterization, growth and population of, i, [191];
Wilson's description of, in 1810, i, [204]; [343], [344].
Prospectus, of American Ornithology (Wilson), i, [217];
of The Birds of America, i, [373];
of first octavo edition, ii, [211-214];
reproduction of (for 1828) for original folio, ii, [386-388];
reproduction of (by J. W. Audubon), for second (partial) American edition of original folio, ii, [389-391].
Quadrupeds of North America, i, [17];
Bachman to Audubon on, ii, [208];
Audubon to Brewer on, ii, [209];
on Bachman's coöperation in, ii, [210];
Audubon to Baird on, ii, [219-221], [222], [226-227], [233];
Audubon to Parkman, ii, [227];
to W. O. Ayres, ii, [229];
Parke Godwin on, ii, [236];
editions of, ii, [261];
Bachman on text of, ii, [261-263], [269-272], [281-283];
Baird on materials for, ii, [263], [264], [274], [276-277], [278];
Audubon on letterpress of, ii, [265];
Harris as mediator in difficulties with letterpress of, ii, [269];
coöperation of authors in, ii, [273];
subscribers to, ii, [274];
Louis Agassiz on, ii, [274];
title of text of, ii, [275];
English edition of first volume of text of, ii, [280];
dedication copy of first volume of text of, ii, [280];
J. E. Gray on, ii, [281];
manuscript of text of, ii, [283];
Illustrations of, ii, [285];
in octavo, ii, [293].
Quebec, Audubon's visit and success in, ii, [244].
Rabin, Mlle., birth of son of, i, [52];
as characterized by Jean Audubon, i, [52];
record of physician of, i, [53];
her feeble health and death, i, [56];
suppression of her name, i, [60];
early and assumed names of her son, i, [62];
as characterized by her son, i, [63], [66];
fictitious account of death of, i, [67].
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel (Schmaltz), i, [171];
his travels, writings and career, i, [285-300];
Audubon on, i, [285];
and the bats, i, [286];
his early life and precocity, i, [287];
his bibliography, i, [287];
visit to America, i, [288];
life in Sicily, i, [288];
marriage and embitterment, i, [289];
return to America and shipwreck, i, [290];
visits Audubon, i, [290];
his "scarlet-headed swallow" and fictitious fishes, i, [291];
his Ichthyology of the Ohio River and "Devil-Jack Diamond-fish," i, [292];
at Transylvania University, i, [294];
originality and independence, i, [295];
impractical projects and inventions, i, [295-296], [298];
troubles at Lexington and return to Philadelphia, i, [296];
his mania for new species, i, [296];
his letters, i, [297];
his multifarious writings, final struggles and death, i, [297-299];
his ardor and fatal versatility, i, [299];
contemporary notice of, i, [333].
Rattlesnake, Audubon's account of drawing of, i, [316];
climbing habits of, ii, [53-54], [64];
Audubon on, ii, [71-76];
Dr. Jones' charge concerning, ii, [72];
Audubon's error in description of, ii, [76-78];
vindication of Audubon's drawing and account of the fangs of, ii, [79].
Rattlesnake, encounter of the Polly with, i, [134-135], [187].
Rozier, Ferdinand, i, [146];
his "Articles," i, [147];
to his father, i, [149-152];
at Philadelphia, i, [153];
as attorney for Lieutenant Audubon and his wife, i, [153];
his business plans, i, [156-158], [161-162], [165];
his diary, i, [187-192];
Thomas Bakewell to, i, [196];
William Bakewell to, i, [199];
removes from Louisville to Henderson, i, [236];
removes with Audubon to Ste. Geneviève, i, [237-241];
dissolves partnership with Audubon, i, [241];
Audubon to, i, [243];
career of, i, [244-246];
his death, i, [246];
"Audubon & Bakewell" to, i, [251]; ii, [359].
St. Augustine, Audubon's description of, ii, [12];
hunting birds at, ii, [12].
St. Francisville (Louisiana), engagement of Audubon at, i, [313];
origin of name, i, [314];
character of country and abundance of birds, i, [314];
Audubon as tutor at, i, [315-318];
Mrs. Audubon's school, i, [322];
former wealth of country, i, [323], [345].
Sainte Geneviève (Missouri), Audubon's journey to, i, [237-241];
dissolution of partnership with Rozier at, i, [241];
Audubon's subsequent visits, i, [242];
Ferdinand Rozier's career at, i, [244-247].
Sandpiper, Spotted (Actitis macularia), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [249].
Sanson, Dr., as Jean Audubon's physician, i, [53];
his bill of services, resources and favorite remedies, i, [53];
his inoculations for smallpox, i, [55];
his treatment of Audubon's mother, i, [56];
for complete text of bill, with translation, see ii, [314-327].
Santo Domingo, pre-revolutionary lure of, i, [36];
Jean Audubon's career in, i, [36-38];
effect of the Declaration of Rights on, i, [37];
slave trade at, i, [39-41];
cost of slaves at, i, [40];
prosperity and praise of, i, [42];
population of whites and blacks in 1790, i, [42];
plight of mulattoes and history of slavery in, i, [43];
Baron de Wimpffen's experience with society and plantation life, i, [44-48];
unjust taxation, i, [44], [46];
debasement of morals, i, [45];
bossals, Creoles and mulattoes, i, [44-47];
outbreak and progress of the Revolution, i, [49-51];
the Revolution in relation to the history of Jean and Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon, i, [50];
Les Cayes first touched by Revolution of, i, [50];
first blood drawn in the North, i, [50];
Ogé's futile rebellion, i, [50];
later events in rising of blacks and mulattoes against whites, i, [50];
physicians and their remedies in, i, [54].
Shattuck, Dr. George Cheyne, as Audubon's assistant, ii, [43];
as philanthropist, ii, [43]; [228].
Shippingport (Kentucky), Audubon as peripatetic portrait painter at, i, [303]; [326], [345].
Slack, Elijah, on Audubon's term of service at the Western Museum, i, [304];
as president of Cincinnati College, i, [305].
Slaves (in Santo Domingo), numbers delivered at Les Cayes, i, [31];
as a basis of wealth, i, [39];
trade in, i, [39-41];
numbers and mortality of, i, [42];
management of, i, [43-47];
diseases of, i, [46];
cost and taxes of, i, [46];
revolt of, i, [49-51].
Thrush, Wood (Hylocichla mustelina), Audubon's early drawing of, i, [180].
Title pages, in facsimile, The Birds of America, original folio, i, [381];
prospectus of The Birds of America, i, [391];
of covers of parts, of octavo (second) edition of the Birds, ii, [213];
of English edition (Vol. I) of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, i, [275].
Titmouse, Mountain, Audubon's early drawing of, i, [181].
Vireo belli (V. bellii, of Audubon, 1844), Bell's Vireo, ii, [253].
Vireo, Warbling (Vireosylva gilva), Audubon's original drawing of, i, [425].
Vireo, Yellow-throated (Lanivireo flavifrons), Audubon's original drawing of, i, [316].
Vulture, Turkey (Cathartes aura), and Black, or "Carrion Crow" (Catharista urubu), controversy over the sense of smell in, ii, [81-84];
experiments of Audubon and Bachman on, ii, [55-56], [61], [81-82];
memorial of the faculty of the South Carolina Medical College on, ii, [83];
present condition of the question, ii, [83].
Waterton, Charles, i, [12], [224-232], [415]; ii, [55], [61], [73];
on Audubon's drawing of the rattlesnake, ii, [79];
on the vulture's olfactory sense, ii, [82];
to George Ord, ii, [83];
his Wanderings, polemics and life at Walton Hall, ii, [86-92];
on Alexander Wilson's diary, ii, [87];
on the Ornithological Biography, ii, [87];
on the young Cuckoo and Hummingbird's nest, ii, [90-91]; [142].
Williams, George Alfred, on the ancestry and achievements of Robert Havell, Junior, i, [382]; ii, [193-195].
Wilson, Alexander, i, [107];
his life and accomplishments, i, [202-220];
his journey of 1810, i, [202];
his rebuke to a judge, i, [203];
description of Pittsburgh, i, [204];
descends the Ohio, i, [205];
impressions of Cincinnati and Louisville, i, [205];
success in New Orleans, i, [207];
his meeting with Audubon, i, [207];
early life and struggles, i, [208];
success as a dialect poet, i, [208];
champions the oppressed weavers, is fined and sent to jail, i, [208];
emigrates to America, i, [209];
unfortunate love affairs, i, [209], [212], [215], [216];
to Charles Orr, i, [210-212];
George Ord on, i, [211];
friendship with Bartram and Lawson, i, [212];
his poverty and thrift, i, [214-216];
his talents and genius, i, [214];
The Foresters, i, [216];
his American Ornithology begun, i, [216];
his prospectus and first volume, i, [217];
canvasses New England, i, [218];
journey South and extension of his work, i, [218];
second New England tour, and his arrest as a spy, i, [219];
completion of his seventh volume and his premature death, i, [219];
his character, i, [219];
Audubon's account of their meeting in Louisville, i, [220-223];
Ord's revival of the incident, i, [223];
his diary in light of later events, i, [224-232];
his evasive flycatcher, i, [226];
the "twin" Mississippi Kites, i, [227-230];
as a later "rival" of Audubon, i, [231-232], [234-235], [311], [422];
mistaken obituary of, ii, [2];
Audubon on, ii, [143];
number of species of American birds recognized, ii, [214];
and Bachman, ii, [284].