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A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology. 



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Special new and improved machinery for cut- 

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ruhlixhedforihe Amcrinni OrniflKihniixtf' Union. 

 J. A. ALLEN, Editor. 



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The Auk will present, as heretofore, timely 

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 kept abreast of the advances in the science. 

 The Auk is primarily intended as a medium of 

 communication between ornithologists. While 

 necessarily to some degree technical, it con- 

 tains a fair proportion of matter of a popular 

 character. Its notices of recent literature cover 

 the whole field of North American Ornithology, 

 and with the departments of " General Notes" 

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