Largest in the Collection At about one metre long by 70 centimetres wide, Birds of America is the largest book in the Library’s collection. This format allows each bird to be depicted to scale. Birds of America A Family Copy The Library’s copy of Birds of America was acquired directly from the family of John James Audubon in 1857. Lost Species Among the bird species drawn by Audubon and found in Canada at the time, three are now extinct: the Great Auk, the Labrador Duck and the Passenger Pigeon. All 435 plates from the Library’s copy have been digitized. All Illustrations Digitized FACTS ABOUT CANADA’S LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT
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Largest in the CollectionAt about one metre long by 70 centimetres wide, Birds of America is the largest book in the Library’s collection. This format allows each bird to be depicted to scale.
Birds of America
A Family CopyThe Library’s copy of Birds of America was acquired directly from the family of John James Audubon in 1857.
Lost SpeciesAmong the bird species drawn by Audubon and found in Canada at the time, three are now extinct: the Great Auk, the Labrador Duck and the Passenger Pigeon.
All 435 plates from the Library’s copy have been digitized.
All Illustrations Digitized
FACTS ABOUT CANADA’S LIBRARY OF PARLIAMENT
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