the more necessar^•. Thk IUhletin has consistently urged up- 

 on its readers the earnest pursuit of field studies, and takes 

 this opportunity to again urge it. We //;//.s'/ know more about 

 the living- bird before we can expect to assign him his proper 

 place in the world of taxonomy as well the world of conserva- 

 tion in all of its aspects. Our imperfect knowledge makes any 

 system of taxonomy admittedly tentative. 



If we read this paper aright we will detect all along between 

 the lines a devotion to the study in hand which spells an enor- 

 mous amount of labor. Try it if you don't believe it ! 



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