Wrexham, i. 250.
Yankton River, i. 501.
Yazoo River, ii. 260.
Yellow-bird, Summer, ii. 7.
Yellow-legs, ii. 176.
Yellow-shanks, i. 475.
Yellow-throat, Maryland, i. 431, 471; ii. 7.
Yellowstone River, i. 56, 451, 453, 529; ii. 4, 9, 16, 18, 28,
29, 37, 48, 53, 57, 65, 69, 89, 96, 98-101, 104, 114, 125,
126, 180.
York, i. 238, 240, 242, 243, 260, 268, 284, 285.
---- Minster, i. 239, 242.
---- museum, i. 240.
---- Philosophical Society, i. 242.
Yucca, ii. 165.
Zanesville, ii. 218.
Zonotrichia, i. 391.
Zonotrichia querula, i. 472.
Zooelogical gardens, i. 271, 281, 300, 302, 341.
_Zooelogical Journal_, London, i. 303.
Zooelogical Society of London, i. 257, 282, 284, 297; ii. 505.
Zostera Marina, ii. 377.
THE FACSIMILES OF THE DIPLOMAS WHICH FOLLOW ARE TAKEN FROM
A FEW OF THE VERY MANY WHICH AUDUBON RECEIVED FROM THE
SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES OF EUROPE AND AMERICA. UNFORTUNATELY,
AMONG THE MANY WHICH THE REPEATED FIRES HAVE DESTROYED WAS
THAT OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. THE LETTER
ANNOUNCING TO AUDUBON HIS ELECTION TO THAT CELEBRATED
SOCIETY, THE HIGHEST HONOR HE RECEIVED, IS THEREFORE
SUBSTITUTED, WITH THE SIGNATURE OF SIR (FORMERLY CAPTAIN)
EDWARD SABINE, THE ARCTIC EXPLORER.
THE DIPLOMAS GIVEN ARE:
La Societe Linneenne de Paris. 6 Novembre, 1823.
Lyceum of Natural History, New York. January 13, 1824.
Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 5 Decembre, 1828.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts.
November 10, 1830.
Royal Society of Edinburgh. March 5. 1831.
Royal Jennerian Society, London. July 15, 1836.
Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. November 19,
1836.
Western Academy of Natural Sciences, St. Louis, Mo. April
17, 1843.
Natural History Society of Montreal. March 29, 1847.
[Illustrations: Facsimiles of Diplomas]