72 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 63. 



that amiong' the disproportionately large number of new 

 si^ecies described by Wilson there are but two only remaining 

 unidentified. This is now reduced to the one under present 

 consideration. The lost species of Audubon are the Car- 

 bonated Warbler, Dcndroica carhonata, and Cuvier's Kinglet, 

 Reguhts ciii'icrii, neither of which have since been found, 

 but being hybrids presumahly, ma\' reoccur sooner or later ; 

 though perhaps we should not take them too seriously. 

 Townsend's Bunting, Spi;:a to-u'iisc:U(lii, taken by Dr. Ezra 

 Michener in Chester cO'Unty, Pa., on the contrary is preserved 

 to this time and remains unic]ue. 



While probably little effort has been made since the time 

 of Audubon, to solve the m}stery by careful search for the 

 lost species in the so-called feud belt and really little worked 

 regions of Kentucky ; yet it must be admitted that were there 

 the remlotest chance of success, some of our most enterprising 

 private collectors as well as corps frcnx public museums, 

 would have raked that section with fine-tooth combs, figur- 

 atively speaking. 



Reverting once more to the dispute, it is evident that 

 neither Audubon, nor Ord and Lawson were unprejudiced. 

 Just how little or how^ much it figured in their testimony, it 

 is impossible to determine. Had the charge appeared during 

 the life of Bartram, to whom Wilson imparted his discoveries 

 and with whom he resided sometime previous tO' the publica- 

 tion of this drawing, a perfectly unbiased statement might 

 have been possible. 



At this late date no eventuality, excepting only indisput- 

 able documjentary evidence, can prove beyond all doubt the 

 falsity or blameworthiness of one or the other ; and as the 

 matter stands, Audubon's tardy unproven accusation of 

 piracy, the publication of which adds no lustre to his name, 

 but rather detracts therefrom, should l^e discredited, expur- 

 gated, forgotten ; and the memory of the also intensely hu- 

 man " Father of American Ornithology" be unsullied by an 

 ungenerous suspicion, born of personal incompatibility, rather 

 than the accidental difference in birth. 



A resume of the earnest efforts looking to a satisfactory 



