Summary

10/18/72 C0029282 / COLOR NEW YORK CITY: ALL 433 KNOWN WATERCOLORS BY JAMES AUDUBON ON DISPLAY: CUT STORY "AUDUBON BIRDS" SHOWS: CHILDREN ENTERING NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY: 2S SIGN AND PAINTING OF JAMES AUDUBON: 3S GV AND PAN EXHIBIT TO SIGN: GYRFALCON (1835 - 6) PROBABLY PAINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN, AUDUBON SAW BIRD IN LABRADOR: BROWN PELICAN (1832) SEEN IN FLORIDA KEYS: LEACH'S PETREL (1831) NEWFOUNDLAND: TUFTED PUFFIN (1854 - 5): HARLEQUIN DUCK (L) ZOOM TWO OTHER DUCKS PASTED INTO SCENE, PROBABLY PAINTED BY AUDUBON'S SON JOHN: CHUCK - WILLS WIDOW (1822) NATCHEZ, MALE ABOVE, FEMALE BELOW, BIRD HATES SNAKES AND LIKES TO FRIGHTEN THEM: BARN OWL (1852) NEW JERSEY: BLUE JAY (1825) AUDUBON DESCRIBES AS "ROGUES" AND "GAY DECEIVERS" BECAUSE THEY ROB NESTS OF OTHERS: IVORY - BILLED WOOD - PECKER (1826), BIRD ALMOST CERTAINLY NOW EXTINCT BECAUSE THEIR FOREST HABITATS DESTROYED BY MAN MALE LEFT, FEMALE RIGHT: SPRUCE GROUSE (1832) EXTINCT BY 1844 BECAUSE SLAUGHTERED BY SEALERS: AUDUBON NEVER SAW ONE ALIVE, GOT SPECIMEN FROM BROTHER OF MAN (HAVELL) WHO CUT PLATES FOR BOOK: CAROLINA PARAKEET (1825) LOUISIANA: DESTRUC - TIVE BIRD DELINING IN NUMBERS EVEN WHEN AUDUBON PAINTED, SO MANY CAGED AND KILLED BY MEN THAT EXTINCT BY 1914): (SHOT 10/18/72 48FT) BIRDS (SS) AUDUBON WATERCOLORS PAINTINGS ART - US AUDUBON, JAMES - WORK OF MUSEUMS - NEW YORK , NEW YORK - NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY HELMUTH / 48 FT / 16 COL / POS / 225 FT / 16 COL / POS / CUTS /