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carried out by the Brazilian government, so it is improbable that 
the production will soon again overtake consumption to such 
an extent as to force down prices very materially. Will the 
United States, the great coffee drinking nation of the world, 
remain inactive while this is going on? The matter has already 
been brought to the attention of Congress by the introduction 
of a resolution of inquiry by Representative Norris of Nebraska. 
The department having charge of the resolution will probably 
report in December when Congress convenes. The United 
States is in a position to force Brazil by placing a heavy duty 
on Brazilian products in retaliation. 
Of course, in Brazil, they do not call it a "trust" or "combine." 
There it is "a company organized to sell state-owned coffee." 
The State is merely a dealer. The total advances made to the 
government for the purpose of buying coffee were $111,470,530 
reduced to U. S. dollars. The State Secretary of Sao Paulo, 
referring to the conditions in December last, said : "The coffee 
situation is now solid and not easily upset, and will so continue 
indefinitely, provided the pubHc authority is vigilant to see that 
the conditions leading up to the crisis, which we have left be- 
hind, are not repeated." (Meaning probably over-production.) 
"As to the liquidation of the compromises assumed by the State, 
it may be affirmed that within two or three years they will all be 
paid off, leaving a considerable balance." 
In the meantime, it will be a good move on the part of Hawaii 
to plant coffee. A period of high prices is sure to prevail. Like 
the sugar trust, it looks like this great international coffee trust 
is to remain with us. 
UNRECORDED SPECIMENS OF TWO RARE 
HAWAIIAN BIRDS. 
By OuTRAM Bangs. 
From the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 
D. C, Vol. XXII, pp. 67-70. 
May, 4, 1910. 
Lately while arranging the skins of Acrulocercus nobilis in 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology I discovered among them 
a fine example of the long ago extinct Acrulocercus apicalis 
(Gould) of Oahu Island. 
This specimen came to the museum in exchange from Brown 
University, and had formerly belonged to John Cassin. It 
bears a label in Cassin's hand with the inscription, "Sandwich 
isld. J. K. Townsend male," and was without doubt collected 
by Townsend during his visit to Oahu in 1835. The skin, No. 
17,598, Museum of Comparative Zoology, is that of a fine adult 
