JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AFTER)

FLORIDA RAT; RICHARDSON'S COLUMBIAN SQUIRREL; CAROLINA GREY SQUIRREL; CHIPPING SQUIRREL; PARRY'S MARMOT SQUIRREL; BLACK RAT; COTTON RAT; and CANADA POUCHED RAT (Plates IV, V, VII, VIII, IX, XXIII, XXX and XLIV) Very good impressions, 1842- -44, some with darkened paper tone, slight soiling and foxing, two with a small tear in the margins, two with slight creases in the margins (8) Ranges: Plate IV: South Atlantic and Gulf Coast and lower Mississippi Valley, north to Pennsylvania and southern New York Plate V: Canada, Alaska, Rocky Mountain states, Northeast south to Iowa, south through the Alleghenies Plate VII: New York to Florida, west to North Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Plate VIII: Southeastern Canada and northeast United States, west to North Dakota, Oklahoma, south to Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia Plate IX: Hudson Bay, related species west to Columbia River Plate XXIII: mostly south and southwest, Atlantic coast, Pacific coast Plate XXX: eastern states, Virginia to Florida, west to Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona Plate XLIV: upper Mississippi Valley from Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, the Dakotas and Nebraska, east to Lake Michigan See illustration of three.