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Black-lieaded Grosbeak 12 



Chewink Towhee 30 



Florida Towhee 40 



Alberts Towhee i- 50 



Western Lark 30 



Common Crow 12 



Northwestern Fish Crow 60 



Fish Crow 5u 



Western Goshawk 'i.0<9 



Western Red Tail i bv 



Wild Pigeon 50 



Canada Goose 75 



Razor-billed Auk 40 



COMMENT ON THE "EXCHANGE 

 PRICE LIST OF NORTH AMERI- 

 CAN BIRD'S EGGS" 



The undersigned enrolls himself 

 a'mong those that feel no little satis- 

 faction at the final appearance of this 

 Work; which cost no less than five or 

 six men a great deal of labor-ol'-love. 

 It is well that the publisher of the 

 Price List has given due credit in the 

 pa'ges of the Work, to these men. 



The Price List contains one sad 

 lacuna. It does not list a large num- 

 ber of recently-described sub-species, 

 at least a hundred and flftj^ These 

 having the most of them, at least been 

 finally accredited by the A. O U. 

 Nomenclature Committee, they are as 

 validly entitled to recognition and tab- 

 ulation as any of the sub-species that 

 have accredited these many years. 

 That these titles do not occur in the 

 Price List is in no sense the fault of 

 the publisher, but of the Committee of 

 Twenty-five. The oversight is un- 

 accountable. It was definitely agreed 

 between Doctor Bales and myself, that 

 I wa's to list these new subspecies 

 through the numbers connected with 

 the "Grouse Family," suggesting Ex- 

 change Prices, thereto. This was duly 

 done, at cost of much labor: and mani- 



fold copies of the resulting List were 

 sent out to leading members of the 

 Committee of Twenty-five. 



That my own suggestions and my 

 labors were not recognized, officially 

 by the Committee does not "peeve" 

 me, in the very least. The gravity of 

 the matter lies much too deep for 

 mere personalities. 



Believing it possible that the work 

 of the Committee referred to may not 

 yet be considered entirely ended, I 

 beg to make suggestion, namely: that 

 members of the committee that have, 

 like myself, given constant and critical 

 attention to the matter of new sub- 

 species, send to the "Committee on 

 Final Values" a carefully complied 

 List of the sub-species not found in 

 the Price List, as issued; with suggest- 

 ed prices. Great care having been 

 taken to see to it that no SUGGEST- 

 ED sub-species, not officially accredit- 

 ed by the A. O. U. Committee, remain 

 on the finally accredited List, let this 

 List be carefully edited by the Com- 

 mittee on Final Values; and later is- 

 sued as a Supplement: the cost there- 

 of to be borne, cheerfully, by those 

 that have bought the Price List. 



(Comment on certain details sug- 

 gested by the Price List, which is so 

 full of greatly-interesting matter, may 

 possibly be allowed place in future 

 issues of The Oologist). 



A final word as to the physical char- 

 acter of the Price List, as issued: 



To some of us, books have souls. 

 Hence, questions of format, type, mar- 

 gins and paper are vital. And because 

 they are vital to us, we stand ready to 

 meet the resultant cost. Therefore, — 

 The Publisher of the Price List hav- 

 ing generously volunteered to issue the 

 list at cost, it would be most ungener- 

 ous and invidious to criticise the qual- 

 ity of the paper-stock used. But for 

 a book that is to be so literally USED 1 

 as this Price List will be, no paper 

 could be too good: (although good I 



