23. Townsend’s Warbler, Arctic Blue-bird, Western Blue-bird (Carolina Allspice

Eastern bluebird Song: chur chur-lee chu-lee

Fig. 51

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes but in

having new eyes. Remembrance of Things Past, Vol. 5

—Marcel Proust

List of Plates

All works reproduced in this volume and listed below are by John James Audubon and are part of the Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Collection at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Auburn University.

Paper dimensions: 39 x 28 inches

1. Blue-Green Warbler, Plate 49 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1828 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.19

2. Summer or Wood Duck, Plate CCVI The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. III, 1834 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 Gift of Susan Phillips 2004.03.15

3. Wood Pewee, Plate CXV The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1831 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.77

4. Yellow-throated Vireo, Plate CXIX The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.82

5.Wood Thrush, Plate 73 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1829 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.78

5 a.White-Throated Sparrow, Plate VIII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching and line engraving Engraved by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh Printed and colored by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.76 6. Audubon’s Warbler; Hermit Warbler; Blackthroated Gray Warbler, Plate CCCXCV The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. IV, 1837 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.06

7. Orchard Oriole, Plate XLII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.52

8. Mocking Bird, Plate XXI The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.49

9. Hooded Warbler, Plate CX The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1831 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.40

10. Downy Woodpecker, Plate CXII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1831 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.29

11. Ruby-throated Humming Bird, Plate XLVII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.62

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12. Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Plate 11 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1829 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Engraved by W. H. Lizars, Edinburgh Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.80

13. Traill’s Fly-Catcher, Plate 45 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1828 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.71

14. Great Carolina Wren, Plate 78 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1830 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.36

15. Whip-poor-will, Plate LXXXII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.75

16. American Robin, Plate CXXXI The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1832 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.03

17. Canada Warbler, Plate CIII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 Gift of Susan Phillips 2004.03.07

18. Black-billed Cuckoo, Plate 32 The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I, 1828 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.15 19. American Crow, Plate CLVI The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1833 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.01

20. Red-winged Starling or Marsh Blackbird, Plate LXVII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.59

21. Baltimore Oriole, Plate XII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. I Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.08

22. Cardinal Grosbeak, Plate CLIX The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. II, 1833 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 Gift of Susan Phillips 2004.03.03

23. Townsend’s Warbler; Arctic Blue-bird; Western Blue-bird, Plate CCCXCIII The Birds of America, first edition, Vol. IV, 1837 Hand-colored etching, aquatint, and line engraving Printed by R. Havell and Son, London, 1827–38 1992.1.1.70