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Audubon's Birds of America
URL: http://www.audubon.org/bird/BoA/BOA_index.html

Description:
"Online version of John James Audubon's Birds of America ... from an 1840 'First Octavo Edition' of Audubon's complete seven volume text." Includes Audubon's images and original text descriptions. "Bird species can be found listed alphabetically, or categorized by family. Audubon's drawings of some species' anatomical features are also included in the 'figures' section." The online edition includes a list of species that have become extinct since Audubon's time and a list of state birds.

Publisher:
National Audubon Society

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
Birds -- North America
Birds in art
People
Prints -- 19th century

LII Database Information:
Record 3214 created by Ruth Seid on 05/02/2005
Last modification on 05/05/2005
Published: 05/02/2005  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/3214