Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
102. (ANON.):
"Ornithological Biography," _American Quarterly Review_, vol. x,
pp. 245-258. Philadelphia, 1831.
103. (ANON.):
"The Birds of America ... By John James Audubon, F. R. S. ... vol.
i, folio. London, 1831. Ornithological Biography ... 1 vol. 8vo.
Edinburgh, 1831," _Quarterly Review_, vol. xlvii, pp. 332-366.
London, 1832.
In the same article are reviewed Jameson's edition of Wilson's
_American Ornithology_, and Part II of Swainson's and Richardson's
_Fauna Boreali-Americana_.
104. WATERTON, CHARLES:
"On the Faculty of Scent of the Vulture," _Loudon's Magazine of
Natural History_, vol. v (April), pp. 233-241. London, 1832.
Signed "Walton Hall, Dec. 21, 1831"; the first of nineteen critical and
polemical articles extending over a period of five years, and directed
against Audubon and his friends.
105. (ANON.) PEABODY, W. B. O.:
"Audubon's Biography of Birds. Ornithological Biography of Birds
... Philadelphia, 1831," _North American Review_, vol. xxxiv, pp.
364-405 (April). Boston, 1832.
The first of three able articles by the same anonymous writer which
appeared in this _Review_. See Nos. 130 and 143.
106. (ANON.) FEATHERSTONHAUGH, G. W.:
"Audubon, Author of The Birds of America, and Ornithological
Biography," _Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural
Science_, vol. i, pp. 456-468 (April). Philadelphia, 1832.
A laudatory review, in which the author professes to give "a true
history of a conspiracy, got up to utterly break down and ruin the
reputation of one of the most remarkable men America ever produced."
107. ABERT, JOHN:
"Habits of Climbing of the Rattle-snake. Extract of a letter from
Col. Abert, of the U. S. Topographical Engineers, to Dr. Harlan
of Philadelphia," _Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural
Science_, vol. i, pp. 221-223. Philadelphia, 1832.
Dated "Washington, Oct. 21, 1831." Supports Audubon's account of the
climbing habits of the rattlesnake, which had become the subject of
acrimonious dispute.
108. (ANON.):
"Audubon," _The Athenæum_, vol. for 1833, pp. 817-818. London,
1833.
In number for November 23. An account, partly from private sources and
partly from a New York newspaper, of Audubon's present researches and
plans, with detailed comment on his Florida and Labrador expeditions.
109. HUNTER, PERCEVAL:
"Means by which the Vulture (Vultur Aura, L.) traces its Food,"
_Loudon's Magazine of Natural History_, vol. vi, pp. 83-88.
London, 1833.
Dated "Oxford, Jul. 2, 1832." Defends Audubon's account of lack of
sense of smell in the Vulture, published in 1826 (see No. 17).
110. WATERTON, CHARLES:
"The Means by which the Turkey Buzzard traces its Food," _Loudon's
Magazine of Natural History_, vol. vi, pp. 162-163. London, 1833.
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