My drawings at first were made altogether in watercolors, but they wanted softness and a great deal of finish.

Morris) (Harvard University Press and Houghton Library 2008) ISBN 978-0-674-03102-9
John James Audubon Audubon And His Journals (The European Journals 1826-1829 the Labrador Journal 1833 the Missouri River Journals 1843) edited by Maria Audubon volumes 1 and 2 originally publiJohn James Audubond by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1897. In 1905 the National Audubon Society was incorporated and named in his honor. Though their finances were tenuous the Audubons started a family.

His major work a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839) is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species.