Denial that birds ever oil their feathers in preening, as Audubon had maintained for the eagle. Reprinted, with many controversial articles, which follow, in Essays on Natural History, First Series, referred to above.
"[Mr. Audubon, Jr.] in Reply to Mr. Waterton's Remarks on Audubon's Biography of Birds," Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, vol. vi, p. 369. London, 1833.
Signed "121 Great Portland St., Jn. 7, 1833." Victor Audubon's defense of his father, who was then in America.
"Observations on Mr. Waterton's Attacks on Mr. Audubon," Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, vol. vi, pp. 369-372. London, 1833.
Signed "Hampstead, Jn. 10, 1833."
[Mr. Waterton in reply to Mr. Audubon, Jun.], Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, vol. vi, pp. 464-465. London, 1833.
Signed "Walton Hall, July 6, 1833"; Refers to Dr. Jones' "Romance of the Rattlesnake" (see [No. 93]), and quotes a letter by George Ord, in explaining why Swainson did not write the "Biography of Birds."