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Black-headed Grosbeak 12 fold copies of the resulting List were 



Chewink Towhee 30 sent out to leading members of the 



Florida Towhee 40 Committee of Twenty-five. 



Alberts Towhee 1-50 That my own suggestions and my 



Western Lark 30 labors were not recognized, officially 



Common Crow 1^ '^y the Committee does not "peeve" 



Northwestern Fish Crow 60 me, in the very least. The gravity of 



Fish Crow 5i> the matter lies much too deep for 



Western Goshawk 'i.Oie mere personalities. 



Western Red Tail i fj" Believing it possible that the work 



Wild Pigeon 50 of the Committee referred to may not 



Canada Goose '^5 yet be considered entirely ended, I 



Razor-billed Auk 40 beg to make suggestion, natnely: that 



members of the committee that have, 



* ' like myself, given constant and critical 



attention to the matter of new sub- 



COMMENT ON THE "EXCHANGE ^^^^._^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^j^^ "Committee on 



PRICE LIST OF NORTH AMERI- ^i^al Values" a carefully complied 



List of the sub-species not found in 

 CAN BIRD'S EGGS" the Price List, as issued; with suggest- 

 ed prices. Great care having been 

 The undersigned enrolls himself taken to see to it that no SUGGEST- 

 among those that feel no little satis- ED sub-species, not officially accredit- 

 faction at the final appearance of this ed by the A. O. U. Committee, remain 

 Work; which cost no less than five or on the finally accredited List, let this 

 six men a great deal of laDor-oMove. List be carefully edited by the Com- 

 It is well that the publisher of the mittee on Final Values; and later is- 

 Price List has given due credit in the sued as a Supplement: the cost there- 

 pages of the Work, to these men. of to be borne, cheerfully, by those 



The Price List contains one sad that have bought the Price List. 

 lacuna. It does not list a large num- (Comment on certain details sug- 

 ber of recently-described sub-species, gested by the Price List, which is so 

 at least a hundred and fifty. These full of greatly-interesting matter, may 

 having the most of them, at least been possibly be allowed place in future 

 finally accredited by the A. O U. issues of The Oologist). 

 Nomenclature Committee, they are as A final word as to the physical char- 

 validly entitled to recognition and tab- acter of the Price List, as issued: 

 ulation as any of the sub-species that To some of us, books have souls, 

 have accredited these many years. Hence, questions of format, type, mar- 

 That these titles do not occur in the gins and paper are vital. And because 

 Price List is in no sense the fault of they are vital to us, we stand ready to 

 the publisher, but of the Committee of meet the resultant cost. Therefore, — 

 Twenty-five. The oversight is un- The Publisher of the Price List hav- 

 accountable. It was definitely agreed ing generously volunteered to issue the 

 between Doctor Bales and myself, that list at cost, it would be most ungener- 

 I wa's to list these new subspecies ous and invidious to criticise the qual- 

 through the numbers connected with ity of the paper-stock used. But for 

 the "Grouse Family," suggesting Ex- a book that is to be so literally USED 

 change Prices, thereto. This was duly as this Price List will be, no paper 

 done, at cost of much labor: and mani- could be too good: (although good 



