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CORRESPONDENCE. 



New Edition of Ridgway's ' Nomenclature of Colors.' 



To the Editors of 'The Auk': — 



Dear Sirs. — Probably some of the readers of 'The Auk' are aware 

 that I have been engaged, as opportunity allowed, on a new and greatly 

 improved edition of my 'Nomenclature of Colors' (1886). I am happy to 

 be able to announce that after twenty years of necessarily intermittent 

 labor this most difficult and tedious task has at last been accomplished 

 and arrangements made for its early publication, the plates being already 

 in process of reproduction. 



The new work will present nearly 1350 colors, arranged scientifically, 

 and reproduced by a method which guarantees a faithful copy of the 

 originals as to hue and tone, absolute uniformity throughout the entire 

 edition, and at the same time as great a degree of permanency as is possible 

 with pigments now known to colorists. The standards of the original work 

 are of course retained, and as many additional colors are named as is 

 practicable. Obviously it is impossible to provide names for all of so 

 large a number of colors, but those which are left unnamed may be easily 

 designated by an exceedingly simple system of symbols, as may also the 

 intermediates, both as to hue and tone — rendering the work practically 

 equivalent to the actual presentation of more than 5300 named or other- 

 wise designable color-samples. In short, the work has been so carefully 

 planned and executed that I have no doubt as to its adequacy to meet all 

 the demands of naturalists and others who have use for a comprehensive 

 color nomenclature and standards. The book will be the same size (except 

 for slightly greater thickness, there being 64 plates instead of the 10 of the 

 old edition) and will sell for about $5.00 net, or only $1.00 more than the 

 original work. 



Very truly yours, 



Robert Ridgway. 

 Washington, 



Sept, 9th, 1909. 



Avian Osteology and Game Bird Protection. 



Editors of 'The Auk': — 



Dear Sirs: — When one has brought to his attention in a practical way, 

 be it a law, a practice, or a method, anything that tends to give more 

 effective protection to our different species of game birds, it must be 

 believed that it requires no apology to the readers of 'The Auk' in general 

 or to Bird Protection Organizations in particular, to invite their attention 

 to the facts in these pages. Now almost any ornithologist would be kept 

 a guessing as to how, in any possible manner, a knowledge of the osteology 



