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in that country; also to Herr Otto Hermann, and 

 the ornithologists at the Bureau of Ornithology at 

 Budapest, and Dr. von Madarasz of the Museum 

 of that city, Herr Othmar Reiser of the Sarajevo 

 Museum, Dr. Antipa of Buccarest, Dr. Jonescu and 

 M. Panaitescu of Tulcea, Roumania ; also to Messrs. 

 J. and A. McLean Marshall, and many others, some 

 of whom I forbear to name at their own request, and 

 others because their hospitality has, I fear, been 

 somewhat overtaxed of late years by wandering 

 ornithologists, and I am unwilling to abuse their 

 kindness by running the risk of adding to their 

 number. 



R. B. Lodge. 



June, 1908. 



