Audubon, JOHN

JAMES, 1780-1851. American naturalist, celebrated for his sketches of birds, made during protracted forest excursions of great range. In 1826 he exhibited in Europe his second collection (the first had been eaten by rats) of paintings, and published 435 plates, with 1,055 life size figures. Birds of America, 4 vols., 1826-38; American Quadrupeds, 3 vols., 1845-48; American Ornithological Biography, 5 vols., 1831-39; Biography of American Quadrupeds, 3 vols., 1846-53. Aue, HARTMANN VON, ab. 1170-ab. 1220. German epic poet. Erec, ab. 1195; Iwein, ab. 1202.