PEEFACE TO EEVISBD EDITION. 



In the present edition of the Color Ke7 the hod^ of the book, aside from 

 thf correction of typographical errors, remains as it was in the preceding 

 edition. The Systematic Table has been reset and brought up to Jnly, 1912, 

 the date of the publication of the latest sapplement to the third edition of 

 the American Ornithologists' Union's 'Check-List of North American Birds.' 

 Two Appendixes are added. The first includes aU the changes in nomencla- 

 tnre and descriptions of new birds which have been accepted by the A. O, U. 

 Cotnmittee on Classification and Nomenclatnrc since the publication of the 

 Color Key in 1903; the second coutaius a list of faunal ocoitbological papers 

 which it is hoped will add greatly to the reference value of the book. 

 American Museum of Natural Hittory. f.h.c. 



New York City. October, 191S. 



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