[180] See [Note, Vol. II, p. 211].
[181] William Yarrell (1784-1856) was the author of A History of British Fishes (1835-36), and A History of British Birds (1839-43) in three volumes; the latter has passed through several editions, the fourth and best being by Alfred Newton in four volumes (1871-85). For the favor of reproducing this letter, and another by Yarrell given in [Chapter XXXIV], I am indebted to Mr. Ruthven Deane.
[182] See John E. Thayer ([Bibl. No. 53]), The Auk, vol. xxxiii (1916). Mr. Thayer's Ornithological Museum now contains the original specimen of Parkman's Wren, to which Audubon refers; it is "mounted on a twig, in a paper box with a glass front," and is "in excellent condition."
[183] Baird wrote to Audubon, November 4, 1846: "Please tell me the address of your friend Ayres. I have been collecting fishes for some weeks, and wish to correspond & exchange with him on this subject." A woodpecker, Colaptes ayresii, was named after this friend by Audubon, in The Birds of America, vol. vii, in 1843.
[184] Addressed to Messrs. Little & Brown, booksellers, acknowledging the receipt of a check for $214.20.
[185] See [Vol. I, p. 103].
[186] See [Bibliography, No. 60].
[187] See [Chapter XXXVI].
[188] Parke Godwin, The Homes of American Authors ([Bibl. No. 68]) (1853).
[189] See Ruthven Deane ([Bibl. No. 224]), The Auk, vol. xxv (1908).