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on the 2ist of April, 1885, when the Report of the Committee 

 was accepted and adopted, and was referred again to the Com- 

 mittee for publication, the Committee to exercise such edi- 

 torial revison as might seem necessary. 



Pursuant to the foregoing resolutions of the Union and 

 Council, the Committee now offers to the public, in the name 

 and on behalf of the Union, the result of its labors, consist- 

 ing of a List of North American Birds, preceded by the Code 

 of Rules adopted by the Committee for its guidance in the 

 preparation of the List. 



The Committee ventures to hope that the new Code will 

 find favor, not only with ornithologists, but among zoolo- 

 gists generally. 



ELLIOTT COUES. 

 J. A. ALLEN. 

 ROBERT RIDGWAY. 

 WILLIAM BREWSTER. 

 H. W. HENSHAW. 



