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both unscientific and unsafe to draw artificial lines of demarcation 
in such cases, even when Nature’s neglect to do so causes serious 
inconvenience. ROBERT RIDGWAY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Megara D.C; 
November 19, 1 
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