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is at about this time landing on the coast of that 

 wondrous land. It need not be openly called a 

 *' Bird-Expedition," for it has also other objects, 

 but no explorer of New Guinea can fail to be 

 interested in the astonishing eccentricities of the 

 Papuan Avifauna. 



We wish every sort of success to the new 

 Expedition, in which, we are sure, all our readers 

 will join us heartily. 



P. L. S. 

 A. 



Offices of the 

 Zoological Society of London, 

 Regent's l*ark, London, N.W., 

 October Lst, 1912. 



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