Carolina Parrot, Henderson, June 9, 1811 49. Swamp Sparrow, Pennsylvania, March 12, 1812 6. Spotted Sandpiper, Pennsylvania, April 22, 1812 11. Whippoorwill, Pennsylvania, May 7, 1812 10. Nighthawk, May 8, 1812 58. Great American Shrike, Henderson, Nov. 30, 1812 76. Red-crowned black Woodpecker, Henderson, Oct. 15, 1814 66. Black-capped Nuthatch, Henderson, Feby. 16, 1815 Willet, Henderson, May 8, 1815 Snipe, Henderson, March 17, 1816 300. Yellow-billed Rail, Henderson, Oct. 9, 1816 Purple Gallinule, New Orleans, April 23, 1821 Chuck Wills Widow, Red River, June, 1821 The Harvard University collections contain the following: No. 91. L'Ecorcheur, 42. The Sedge-bird, near Nantes, 1805 43. The Nightingale, near Nantes, July 6, 1805 57. Brown Thrush, near New York, May 10, 1807 Excellent examples of Audubon's early work in the collection of Mr. John E. Thayer are: No. 96. Woodpecker: prior to 1803 (see note, vol. i, p. 178). 112. Water Thrush, Mill Grove, Pennsylvania, Aug. 2, 1806 144. 64. Malaga Shell Drake. Goosander, Mergus Merganser A. W. Chute de L'Ohio 17 December, 1809 175. Crested Titmouse, Redbanks, July 1, 1810 71. 44. The Spirit or Butterball-Bufflehead, Henderson, Mar. 19, 1815 154. Golden Crested Wren A. W., Sylvia Regulus, Shippingport, Kentucky; drawn by J. J. Audubon—Mistletoe on Black Walnut. Jany. 28, 1820 Hermit Thrush, opposite Fredericksburg, Ky., Oct. 16, 1820 315. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (on spray of dogwood). Among the drawings of the Harris-Jeanes collection which may be earlier than 1805, though they bear no date, are "The Black Crow of Buffon, Corneille noire," also the head of a Jackdaw wholly in crayon and pastel: "No. 160, Le grand Duc, âgé vingt un an, Buffon,—the large horned owl, Eagle owl. J. J. L. Audubon," a crayon sketch on paper measuring eighteen by twenty-six inches, and water-marked "J. Kool"; also "No. 164. La corneille mantelle de Buffon, Royalton crow, Sea crane, hooded crow, crow—British,—J. J. L. Audubon," a crude sketch in pastels of the same size as the last.