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A statement of the views held by different authorities, with remarks. 
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[Soo Cotile ( Tlirundinklte ), M crops muscate?isis f ii. sp. ( Meropidce ), 
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The Birds of the Oasis Ahal-T6k6, between the Kopepete-Dagh Moun- 
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CARINATE. 
PASSERES. 
OLIGOMYODI. 
Coting id^e. 
Pipreola wliitelyi & [new to science] and $ figured ; O. Salvin, Ibis, 
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Pyroderus masoni , n. sp., Venezuela; R. Ridgway, P. U. S. Nat. Mus. 
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