AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES

(17801851), an American naturalist of French descent, born in New Orleans. He received his Sey Sate 2 ‘France and painting under the great artist, David. Returning to the United States he settled in Pennsylvania in 1798. Asa result of his pa ion for ornithology he started in 1810, with his wife and child, on an expedition for the purpose of studying birds. For many years he roamed the forest in every direction, making drawings of the birds wherever he went. He exhibited these drawings in Liverpool and other European cities, in 1826, and afterwards published them in a work of 435 colored plates of birds, with the title Birds of America. This remains the finest work of the kind ever done. After his return to the United States, he compiled, together with Dr. Bachman, an illustrated work entitled Quadrupeds_ of America, (1843-50). He died in New York City in 1851. named in honor of Audubon, the naturalist, reservations set apart for the protection and preservation of birds, under the direction of the National A ociation of Audubon Societies. There are such reservations in Louisiana, Maine, Ma achusetts, Michigan, Florida, Virginia, South Carolina and North Carolina. In 1923 there. were 44 such reservations.