John James Audubon
Articles by Audubon
For a complete listing of papers, essays and letters by Audubon published in periodicals during his lifetime, see the bibliography in F. H. Herrick's Audubon the Naturalist. The listings below represent selected LSU Libraries holdings of print journals in which articles by Audubon were originally published.
- "Facts and observations connected with the permanent residence of swallows in the United States" byCall Number: Q11 .N492 v. 1 McIlhennyPublication Date: 1824First published writing by Audubon.
In: Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, vol. 1, pages 166-168. - "Account of the habits of the Turkey Buzzard" byCall Number: Q1 .E27 v. 2 (Oct. 1826-Apr. 1827) Rare CompactPublication Date: 1826-1827In: Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 2 (Oct. 1826-Apr. 1827), pages 172-184.
- "Observations on the natural history of the alligator" byCall Number: Q1 .E27 v. 2 (Oct. 1826-Apr. 1827) Rare CompactPublication Date: 1826-1827In: Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 2 (Oct. 1826-Apr. 1827), pages 270-280.
- "Notes on the rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus)" byCall Number: Q1 .E27 v. 3 (Apr.-Oct. 1827) Rare CompactPublication Date: 1827In: Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, vol. 3 (Apr.-Oct. 1827), pages 21-30.
- "Notes on the Bird of Washington" byCall Number: QH1 .M2 v. 1 McIlhennyPublication Date: 1828-1829In: Magazine of Natural History and Journal of Zoology, Botany, Mineralogy, Geology and Meteorology, vol. 1, pages 115-120.
Three letters by Audubon, reporting on his 1831/1832 Florida expedition, to the editor of Monthly American Journal of Geology and Natural Science were published in vol. 1 (1832): pages 358-363; 407-414; 529-537.
In addition to articles by Audubon, the Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal and the Magazine of Natural History (both referenced above) also published reviews and other articles about Audubon's work during the years his Birds of America and Ornithological Biography were being issued. Other journals held in LSU Libraries which contain contemporary notices and reviews about Audubon's work include Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, The American journal of science and arts, and The North American review. For detailed listings of reviews and other articles about Audubon and his work published during his lifetime, see the bibliography in F. H. Herrick's Audubon the Naturalist.