[134] The distance between these places is about two miles.
[135] The Duck-billed Platypus, Ornithorynchus paradoxus of Australia.—E. C.
[136] The Andean Eagle is undoubtedly the Harpy, Thrasaëtos harpyia.—E. C.
[137] François Athanase de Charette, a leader of the Vendéans against the French Republic; executed at Nantes, on May 12, 1797.
[138] Children's Warbler. Plate xxxv.
[139] Vigors' Warbler. Plate xxx.
[140] Cuvier's Regulus. Plate lv. No bird was named after Temminck by Audubon.
[141] This decision was made in consequence of various newspaper and personal attacks, which, then as now, came largely from people who knew nothing of the matter under consideration. It was a decision, however, never altered except in so far as regards the Episodes published in the "Ornithological Biography."
[142] David Don, Scottish botanist, 1800-1840; at this time Librarian of Linnæan Society.
[143] Thomas Nuttall, botanist and ornithologist; born in England 1786, died at St. Helen's, England, September 10, 1859.