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exclusive of front-matter (contents and membership lists), which runs, in different volumes, 

 from 8 to nearly 40 pages. 



In The Auk, as in its predecessor, the Nuttall Bulletin, the department of 'Recent Litera- 

 ture' was intended to include notices (1) of all ornithological works and papers by American 

 authors; (2) all papers, wherever published, relating especially to North American birds; 

 (3) all of the more important monographs and works treating of special groups of birds or of 

 birds in general. In 1880 was begun a series of papers entitle 'Minor Ornithological Papers,' 

 giving the title, place of publication, and short notices or abstracts of the minor papers 

 relating to North American birds, not otherwise noticed under 'Recent Literature,' subject 

 however to certain stated restrictions as to their content. The record began "with the close 

 of that given by Dr. Coues in his ' List of Faunal Publications relating to North American 

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 in 1894, after having been a feature of 'The Auk' for fourteen years. The last title of the 

 series was No. 2697. Nos. 1-1199 were by the editor, the others (Nos. 1200-2697) by C. 

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 greatly lightened for this period the duties of the senior editor. 



The Associate Editors of The Auk for the first four volumes (1884-1887) were Elliott 

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"Beginning with the initial volume of the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, and 

 continuing to the present year, Dr. Allen has, without intermission guided the course of this 

 journal and its successor The Auk ; and the series of thirty-six volumes stands as a perpetual 

 monument to his ability, and his painstaking devotion to the cause of ornithology and the 

 interests of the American Ornithologists' Union. There have been few continuous editor- 

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1886. 



The Code of Nomenclature | and | Check-List | of | North American Birds j 

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Contains The Code of Nomenclature (pp. 1-69) and The Check-List of North American 

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1886-1916. 



Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Vols. I, No. 6, to XXXV, 

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Supplement to the Code of Nomenclature and Check-List of North American 

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Check-List | of | North American Birds [ prepared by a Committee | of the j 

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Supplements Nos. 2 to 15 to the Check-List were published at intervals in The Auk 

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