The text presented is that obtained through the conversion of the printed text into digital form. Where questions remained as to the identification of the converted image, several on-line versions of the text and other resources were consulted in an attempt to resolve them. For example, the word "Alleghenies" appears 30 times and "Alleghanies" only 6. So for consistancy, the 6 were converted.
In addition to the list of corrections listed below, a number of minor corrections were made. In several cases (species [466], [581], and [680]), the Species descriptions end with a comma. It was assumed that they were meant to be a period and one has been inserted in its place.
The U. S. adopted the named Kodiak in 1890; but islanders and others continued to use "Kadiak" until the early 1920s. Therefore, the word Kadiak was retained on pages [230] and [356]. In the case of the bird species, some have names that differ from common names used today (for example Canon Wren instead of Canyon Wren) and the A.O.U. listing shows Cañon for two species of [Wren] and a [Towhee] which were retained. As for the scientific names, there are two spellings for species named in honor of Audubon ("auduboni" and "audubonii") which have been retained as they appear in the original publication.
Typographical Corrections
| Page(s) | Typo → Correction |
| [4] | vernacluar → vernacular |
| [84] | Chespeake → Chesapeake |
| [111], [266], [353] | Tatler → Tattler |
| [151] | Bailley → Bailey |
| [160] | Nicaraugua → Nicaragua |
| [165] | incalcuable → incalculable |
| [170] | preceeding → preceding |
| [171] | Louisana → Louisiana |
| [189] | [680. Macgillivray Warbler] comma changed to period at end of description |
| [199] | 501c. Florida Meadowlark says "Similar to No. 591…" which is a Towhee assumed it should have been "501" |
| [201] | 474f. Ruddy Horned Lark says "Similar to No. 472e..." 472 is a Flycatcher assumed number should be "474e" |
| [209] | [466. Traill Flycatcher] comma changed to period at end of description |
| [212] | 632a. Stephen Vireo says: Similar to No. 622 622 is a Loggerhead Shrike number should be "632" |
| [213] | Hamshire → Hampshire |
| [223] | Savanna → Savannah |
| [249] | Second ♂ changed to ♀ |
| [257] | Æchmorphorus → Æchmophorus |
| [275] | nuttali → nuttalli |
| [281] | bimacuculatus → bimaculatus |
| [283] | Parrhuloxia → Pyrrhuloxia |
| [284] | cyaneovirdis → cyanoviridis |
| [284] | BOMBCILLIDÆ → BOMBYCILLIDÆ |
| [285] | flavovirdis → flavoviridis |
| [295], [311] | Athabaska → Athabasca |
| [299] | Goldfish → Goldfinch |
| [303] | atricistatus → atricistatus |
| [314] | Avifouna → Avifauna |
| [315] | Miffilin → Mifflin |
| [326] | Annonated → Annotated |
| [326] | Veterbrates → Vertebrates |
| [333] | Removed duplicate entry for Actodromas maculata |
| [345] | Mergus albellus → Mergellus albellus |
| [356] | Guadelupe → Guadalupe |
Corrected Index Page Numbers
| Page | Item | Listed | Correct |
| [333] | Alcedinidæ | 147 | 144 |
| [333] | Bæolophus bicolor | 248 | 243 |
| [336] | Ceryle torquata | 271 | 273 |
| [337] | Cowbird, Red-eyed | 27 | 253 |
| [339] | Flamingo | 7 | 16 |
| [339] | Flycatcher, Fork-tailed | 274 | 276 |
| [339] | Flycatcher, Giraud (Alternate name for Buff-breasted | 274 | 276 |
| [339] | Fulmar, Giant | 259 | 260 |
| [342] | Jabiru | 263 | 264 |
| [344] | Macrochires | 154 | 155 |
| [344] | Mallard | 6 | 74 |
| [344] | Melanerpes torquatus | 152 | Not found in book |
| [345] | Mergellus albellus | 261 | 262 |
| [345] | Myiozetetes similis superciliosus | 274 | Not found in book |
| [356] | Wren, Alaskan | 235 | 236 |
Listing of the Derived Variant Spellings for Birds
Named in Honor of John J. Audubon
| With a single ending "i" | With a double ending "i" | |
| Dendroica auduboni | ||
| Dendroica auduboni auduboni | ||
| Dendroica auduboni nigrifrons | ||
| Dryobates villosus auduboni | Dryobates villosus audubonii | |
| Hylocichla guttata auduboni | ||
| Icterus audubonii | ||
| Icterus melanocephalus auduboni |