THE CODE OF NOMENXLATURE 



AND 



CHECK-LIST 



OF 



North American Birds 



Adopted by the American Omitliologists' Union 



BEING THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE 



UNION ON CLASSIFICATION AND 



NOMENCLATURE 



Zoological Nomenclature is a means, not an end, of Zoological Science 



NEW YORK 

 AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



1886 



