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TESTIMONY FROM 



THE 



AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION, 



THE ORNITHOLOGICAL COUNCIL 



AND 



THE ASSOCL^TION FOR PARROT CONSERVATION 



ON THE 



REA UTHORTZA TION OF THE 



EXOTIC WED BIRD CONSERVATION ACT OF 1992 



Prepared by: 



Dr. Steven R. Beissinger, Associate Professor of Ecology & Conservation 

 Biology and Curator of Ornithology, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 

 Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511. 

 Phone: (203)432-5120; Fax: (203)432-5942. 



28 September 1995 



