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Salem, N.Y.
1901
July 5
(2)

Spermophilus parryii ♂ [male], dated Sept. 15, 1841, New York.
Spermophilus franklinii dated Nov. 27, 1845
Procyon lotor (young), dated Sept. 10, 1841
Sciurus lanigunosus, Fort Simpson, N.W. coast
of America, Nov. 1835. from Capt. W. Brotchie
J.J.A., New York, 1841, May 24.
Lepus townsendii, Townsends Rocky Mt. Hare

There were sketches of birds by J.W. Audubon
in 1834 when he was a young man in England
and there were drawings whose authorship was
doubtful. I compared all the originals of
J.J. Audubon's animals with the plates in
the Quadrupeds, and I can see how much
is lost in the reproduction of the delicate
tone and color of the originals. At the [?]
of John J. Audubon & his wife the hosts of original
drawings were scattered among different branches of the
family and many of them got destroyed. It is
very fortunate that so many are preserved here.

In our room described before are the following
water colors oils by John W. Audubon, reproduced in the
Quadrupeds.–

The White Wolf. The Dusky Squirrel, and The
Black-tailed Deer. There is a large oil by
John W. representing a landscape with two cows
in the foreground. The foreshortening of one of
the cows secured for John W. his election
into the National Academy of Science in
New York.

There are also two oils by Victor, representing
Cuban tropical scenes, palms and in one two Herons.