Second page of the Sanson bill, bearing, in the entry for April 26, 1785, the only record known to exist of the date of Audubon's birth Facing 55 Third page of the Sanson bill, signed as accepted by Jean Audubon, October 12, 1786, and receipted by the doctor, when paid, June 7, 1787 Facing 59 Audubon's signature at various periods. From early drawings, legal documents and letters Facing 63 Lieutenant Jean Audubon and Anne Moynet Audubon. After portraits painted between 1801 and 1806, now at Couëron Facing 78 Jean Audubon. After a portrait painted by the American artist Polk, at Philadelphia, about 1789 Facing 78 Jean Audubon's signature. From a report to the Directory of his Department, when acting as Civil Commissioner, January to September, 1793 79 Certificate of Service which Lieutenant Audubon received upon his discharge from the French Navy, February 26, 1801 84 "Mill Grove" in 1835 (about). After a water-color painting by Charles Wetherill Facing 102 "Mill Grove," Audubon, Pennsylvania, as it appears to-day Facing 102 "Mill Grove" farmhouse, west front, as it appears to-day Facing 110 "Fatland Ford," Audubon, Pennsylvania, the girlhood home of Lucy Bakewell Audubon Facing 110 Early drawings of French birds, 1805, hitherto unpublished: the male Reed Bunting ("Sedge Sparrow"), and the male Redstart Facing 128 Receipt given by Captain Sammis of the _Polly_ to Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier for their passage money from Nantes to New York, May 28, 1806 134 "La Gerbetière," Jean Audubon's country villa at Couëron, France, and the naturalist's boyhood home Facing 136 "La Gerbetière" and Couëron, as seen from the highest point in the commune, windmill towers on the ridge overlooking Port Launay, on the Loire Facing 142 "La Gerbetière," as seen when approached from Couëron village by the road to Port Launay Facing 142 Port Launay on the Loire Facing 142 Beginning of the "Articles of Association" of John James Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier, signed at Nantes, March 23, 1806 Facing 146