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Anas sponsa
,
104

anatomy, comparative,
38

anhingas,
132
,
174–75

Ansonia Brass and Copper Company,
291

aquatinting,
233–34

Archimedes,
35

Ardea herodias
,
146

Aristotle,
30–31
,
33

arsenic, preservation of specimens with,
101
,
288

Articles of Confederation,
47

Audubon, Eliza Bachman (daughter-in-law),
269
,
290
,
347
n

Audubon, Jean (father),
18–21
,
65
,
66
,
72
,
74–75
,
103
,
165
,
167
,
211

Audubon, John James: Andre incident related by,
181–83
; arrival in America of,
21
,
29
,
65
; Atlantic crossing on
Delos
of,
193–97
; Bachmans and,
269–70
,
279
,
280
,
290
,
345
n
; Bird of Washington of,
156–61
,
281
,
323
n
; birth of,
18
,
21
; birth of children of,
93
,
134
,
162
,
168
,
173
; Bonaparte and,
8–10
,
12
,
14–15
,
192
,
280–81
,
344
n
; business ventures of,
75–78
,
92
,
93
,
103
,
124
,
128–31
,
133–34
,
161
,
163–65
,
324
n
; childhood of,
19–21
,
70–71
; citizenship of,
131
,
321
n
; courtship of Lucy by,
68–69
,
72
,
74–75
,
309
n
,
310
n
; death of,
286
; declining health of,
288–89
,
346
nn
; drawing lessons given by,
168
,
180
,
181
,
188
; drawing technique of,
70–72
,
99–100
,
102
,
134
,
208–9
,
221
,
310
n
,
314
n
,
329
n
; ducks studied by,
137–38
; in Edinburgh,
209–28
,
236
,
254
,
268
,
279
,
282–83
,
329
n
,
330
n
; education of,
20
; estrangement
of Lucy and,
229–31
,
236–39
,
241–45
,
329
n
,
330
n
,
334
n
,
335
n
; field observations of,
146–52
,
304
n
; financial difficulties of,
4
,
165–67
,
190
,
325
n
; fishing by,
139–40
; Florida collecting trip of,
266–68
,
271–76
,
278–79
,
342
n
; in France,
20–21
,
70
,
73–74
,
241
; Great Pine Swamp collecting trip of,
248
; Havells hired by,
233–36
,
333
n
; in Henderson,
123–24
,
126
,
128–29
,
133–36
,
139–43
,
321
n
; hunting by,
69–70
,
97–99
,
124
,
138–39
; Jameson and,
211–14
,
218–20
; in Liverpool,
195
,
197–205
,
207
,
236
,
328
n
,
336
n
; Lizars and,
213–17
,
232–36
; in London,
231–35
,
238–45
,
251
; in Louisiana,
5
,
178–89
,
191–93
,
327
n
; in Louisville,
77–78
,
90–93
,
102–3
,
121
,
167
,
168
; MacGillivray's collaboration with,
256–58
,
279
,
338
n
; mammal project of,
see
Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
; in Manchester,
205–7
,
209
,
253–54
; marriage of Lucy and,
78–79
,
87–88
; at Mill Grove,
11
,
20
,
65–75
; Minnie's Land home of,
284
; Mississippi River journey of Mason and,
168–78
,
325
n
; museum job of,
168
,
184
; mythmaking by,
11
,
17
,
259–66
; in Natchez,
176–77
,
188–89
; new species described by,
156
,
286–87
; in New York,
15
,
65
,
190–91
; Ohio River journeys of,
76–77
,
88–89
,
132–33
; Ord's enmity toward,
13–17
,
253
,
281–82
,
292
,
300
n
,
317
n
,
323
n
,
338
n
,
344
n
; passenger pigeon flock observed by,
152–56
; personality of,
101–2
,
133
; in Philadelphia,
3–4
,
7–15
,
129–30
,
184
,
189–91
,
217
,
228
,
268
,
299
n
; physical appearance of,
3
,
187
,
217
,
283
,
298
n
; in Pittsburgh,
76–77
,
87
,
88
; portrait painting by,
167
,
168
,
178–80
,
189
; publication of drawings of,
see
Birds of America
;
Rafinesque
and,
141–45
; Rathbone and,
198–202
; reconciliation of Lucy and,
246–51
,
327
n
,
337
n
; return to America of,
244–46
; Royal Institution exhibits of works of,
199
,
200
,
204
,
207
,
217
,
221
; specimen preparation by,
100–101
; St. Genevieve journey of,
125–28
,
320
n
; Swainson and,
239–41
,
255–56
,
335
n
,
344
n
; Syme's portrait of,
215
,
217
,
283
; taxonomy of,
159
,
173
,
286
; Texas Gulf Coast collecting trip of,
280
; turkeys observed by,
93–97
; with Victor,
5–7
,
189
; Wernerian Society papers of,
218–20
,
222–25
; Western expedition of,
284–85
,
287
,
288
; will of,
250
; Wilson's visit to,
109–12
,
168
,
259
,
316
n
,
317
nn
; writing of,
254–58
,
279
(
see also
Ornithological Biography
)

Audubon, John Woodhouse (son),
193
,
207
,
209
,
220
,
229
,
232
,
236
,
244
,
253
,
276–77
,
348
n
; at Audubon's deathbed,
286
; birth of,
134
,
173
; childhood of,
5
,
172
,
178
,
181
,
188
; death of,
290
; drawing of,
206
,
221
,
235
,
238
,
283
,
284
,
287
,
288
; education of,
183
,
215
,
221
,
241
,
243
; on Labrador expedition,
279
; marriage of,
290
; Minnie's Land home of,
284
; preparation of specimens by,
238–39
; reunion of Audubon and,
250

Audubon, Lucy (daughter),
5
,
162
,
166

Audubon, Lucy Bakewell (wife),
5
,
7
,
111
,
161
,
180–81
,
193
,
196
,
197
,
204–7
,
211
,
214
,
215
,
225
,
235–36
,
298
n
,
325
n
,
346
n
; at Audubon's deathbed,
286
; birth of children of,
93
,
134
,
162
,
168
,
173
; in Britain,
246
,
252–55
,
257
,
280
; in Cincinnati,
168–69
,
183–85
; courtship of,
68–69
,
72
,
74–75
,
309
n
,
310
n
; death of,
291
; dental problems of,
289
; editing of journals by,
297
,
347
n
; English origins
of,
67
,
68
,
183
,
207
,
209
,
312
n
; and episodes for
Ornithological Biography
,
266
; estrangement of Audubon and,
229–31
,
236–39
,
241–45
,
329
n
,
330
n
,
334
n
,
335
n
; in Henderson,
124–26
,
128–29
,
133–36
,
141
,
161
,
167
,
321
n
; journal entries addressed to,
199
,
202
,
230–31
; in Louisville,
91–92
,
102
,
103
,
109
,
121
,
267
,
276–77
,
316
n
; marriage and honeymoon of,
78–79
,
87–89
,
178
; Minnie's Land home of,
284
,
290
; in New Orleans,
188
; on Ohio River journeys,
89
,
132–33
,
259
; old age of,
290–91
; Philadelphia visits of,
129–31
,
263
,
279
; portrait of,
177
; and publication of
Birds of America
,
220
,
221
,
226–29
,
240
,
270–71
,
340
n
,
341
nn
; reconciliation of Audubon and,
246–51
,
327
n
,
337
n
; teaching positions of,
4
,
128
,
168
,
169
,
189
,
191
,
192
,
196
,
230
,
232
,
244
,
327
n

Audubon, Maria (granddaughter),
290
,
297
,
309
n
,
327
n
,
345
n

Audubon, Maria Bachman (daughter-in-law),
269
,
280
,
290
,
347
n

Audubon, Rose (daughter),
5
,
168

Audubon, Rose (half sister),
20
,
165
,
167

Audubon, Victor Gifford (son),
206
,
220
,
238
,
244
,
277
,
283
,
287
,
336
n
,
346
n
,
347
n
; adolescence of,
5–7
,
16
,
166
,
189
; at Audubon's deathbed,
286
; and
Birds of America
,
221
,
268
,
271
,
276
,
278
,
279
,
292
,
341
n
,
345
n
,
347
n
; birth of,
93
; childhood of,
103
,
121
,
124
,
126
,
129
,
132
,
172
,
178
,
181
,
188
,
263
,
316
n
,
347
n
; correspondence with,
205
,
212
,
235–36
,
239
,
241–43
,
246
,
247
,
253
; death of,
290
; education of,
183
,
184
,
215
; marriage of,
290
; Minnie's Land home of,
284
; reunion of Audubon and,
250

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