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Salem, N.Y.
1901
July 3
(2)

In the hall is another original water color
by V.J. Audubon of a WildCat, and on the
stairway hangs framed a large copper
plate of Ardea occidentalis, Great White
Heron, one of the few plates rescued from
a fire years ago and presented to Miss
Audubon by Mr. Cowles [Coles] of Ansonia, Conn., who secured
about eighteen of them and inlaid them in
one of his rooms. From this plate all the
impressions of this bird were taken for the
great elephant folio Birds of North America.
These plates were stored with the set in a
storehouse in New York City.

In the dining room which connects with the par-
lor is an original water color of the Canada Lynx
by John J. Audubon and beneath hangs a frame
containing the original water color by J.J. Audobon of birds, each
size of life, Evening Grosbeak, Townsends' Bunting,
Ground Dove & Amer. [American] Dunlin. Here also is an
oil by John W. Audubon of his father. This picture
is reproduced as a frontispiece by Miss Audubon
in her Journals of her grandfather. An oil
of two deer by John W. Audubon hangs over the
side board. We have not examined yet the
2d story except our room which I shall describe
later. The birds I shall describe later also.

After tea this evening we took a walk along
Oudawa Creek and back along Broadway. By the
brook grow Echinus, Veratrum, Lilium canadense, yellow &
red forms, Lysimachia ciliata , Angelica atropurpurea , etc. Then Miss
Florence, M. & I walked through the village shopping.