iv PREFACE. 



accepted and adopted, and was referred again to the Committee 

 for publication, the Committee to exercise such editorial revision 

 as might seem necessary. 



Pursuant to the foregoing resolutions of the Union and Coun- 

 cil, the Committee now offers to the public, in the name and on 

 behalf of the Union, the result of its labors, consisting of a 

 List of North American Birds, preceded by the Code of Rules 

 adopted by the Committee for its guidance in the preparation of 

 the List. 



The Committee ventures to hope that the new Code will 

 find favor, not only with ornithologists, but among zoologists 

 generally. 



ELLIOTT COUES. 

 J. A. ALLEN. 

 ROBERT RIDGWAY. 

 WILLIAM BREVVSTER. 

 H. W. HENSHAW. 



