All page numbers in the index refer to the print edition.
Page numbers in italic indicate illustrations.
Academy of Natural Sciences, 48, 72
America. See Audubon, John J.
American bison or buffalo, 83, 84
American Ornithology, 18. See also Wilson, Alexander
Atlantic puffin, 73
Audubon, John J.: and arrest for debts, 29; and arrival in America, 9–13; and Birds of America, The, 49–60; birth of, 1; as businessman, 13–16; and change of name, 10; death of, 86; education of, 5–6; and final journey to America, 74–75; and first journey to America, 7; and influence on ornithology, 88–89; and inspiration for “Great Idea,” 30; and Mississippi River travels, 29–36; portrait of, 53; and return to United States, 61; and time in Louisiana, 36–48. See also marriage
Audubon, John (Johnny) Woodhouse, 23, 62
Audubon, Lucy, 26; and arrival in New Orleans, 44; and Audubon’s return to United States, 62; and founding of Audubon Society, 89
Audubon, Rose, 1
Audubon, Victor Gifford, 23, 62; birth of, 17
Audubon Society, 89
Bakewell, Lucy. See Audubon, Lucy; marriage
Bakewell, Tom, 12; business partnership with, 23
Bakewell, William, 13
bankruptcy, declaration of, 29
Berthoud, Nicholas, 29
Birds & Plants, 44
Birds of America, The, 30, 36, 49–60; final publication of, 74; and influence on ornithology, 88–89; and Octavo edition, 75; production of, 61–73; subscribers to, 57. See also Great Idea: inspiration for
black chalk drawings, 29
blue jay, 41
blue-winged teal, 91
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, 46
Bonaparte’s gull, 28
camera lucida, 75
Carolina parrot (Alexander Wilson), 35
Clark, William, 50
classification of species, 13
Clay, Henry, 32
cliff swallow, 31
Columbus, 60
common American wildcat, 78
cuckoo, 36. See also black-billed cuckoo
dissection techniques, 13
d’Orbigny, Dr. Charles, 13
Drake, Daniel, 30
drawing: of bird anatomy, 19; with black chalk, 29; during childhood, 2; teaching, 35
duc d’Orléans, 60
Dung Hill, 72
engravings, 55
Fatland Ford, 12
Florida Keys, 66
Fort Union ND, 81
France, travels to, 60
general store, 16; loss of, 26–27; moves to Henderson KY, 20. See also Audubon, John J.: as businessman
great egret, 37
great horned owl, 51
Great Idea: inspiration for, 30; praise for, 60
Great Pine Forest PA, 62
Grinnell, George Bird, 89
Haiti, 1
Harrison, William Henry, 32
Havell, Robert, Jr., 58, 64, 74
Henderson KY: move of general store to, 20; and steam mill, 26; success in, 23
Houston, Sam, 71
hunting, 9; Audubon and , 32; of buffalo, 84; of passenger pigeons, 24–26
Indians: attack on, 22; contact with, 79, 80
ivory-billed woodpecker, 33
Jefferson, Thomas, 13
Kentucky, 13; Henderson, 20–26; move to, 16
kingfisher, 10–11. See also position boards
Last of the Mohicans, The, 52
Lehman, George, 65
Linnaeus, Carl, 18
Lizars, William, 52; engravings of, 57
London, 57
Louisiana, time in, 36–48. See also New Orleans LA; Oakley plantation
Louisville KY, 16
lunatic moments, 60
MacGillivray, William, 65
mammals, 75–81
marriage: to Lucy Bakewell approved, 16; to Lucy Bakewell denied, 13
marsh wren, 4
Mississippi River, 20; Flyway, 33, 40; traveling on, 29–36
Nantes, France, 2
naturalists: artists as, 42; golden age of, 50
naval academy (Rochefort, France), 5–6
New Madrid earthquakes, 24
New Orleans LA, 33, 35; Audubon’s return to, 44; Lucy’s arrival in, 44
New York City, 76
northern bobwhite, 47
northern gannet, 69
northern hare, 76
Nuttall, Thomas, 72
Oakley plantation, 39
Octavo edition (The Birds of America), 75
Omega steamboat trip, 77–81
Ornithological Biography, 64, 65, 72, 74
ornithology: American Ornithology, 18; contribution to, 9, 88–89
Pirrie, Eliza, 36; Audubon as tutor to, 39–44
Pirrie, James, 36
portraits: of John J. Audubon, 53; selling, 29, 35, 46
position boards, 10
“Prairie, The,” 22
Queen Bee (Mrs. William Rathbone, Sr.), 50
Rabin, Jean-Jacques, 1. See also Audubon, John J.
Rabin, Jeanne (mother), 1
rambling: early love of, 2; in Kentucky, 17. See also expeditions
Rathbone, Mrs. William, Sr., 50
red-shouldered hawk, 47
Ripley (ship), 68
roseate spoonbill, 66
Rozier, Ferdinand, 13–16, 17, 21
ruby-throated hummingbird, xx
swift fox, 79
taxidermy, 65
taxonomy, 13; Carl Linnaeus, founder of modern, 18
Townsend, John, 72
trumpeter swan, 21
Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, The, 75, 77–86, 85
warbler, 36
Ward, Henry, 65
Waterton, Charles, 72
wildcat. See common American wildcat
Wilson, Alexander, 18, 30; criticism of, 46
yellow fever, 62