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SlITHSOJ^IAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, 
THE EESIJLT OF WHOSE LABOES IN THIS FAVOEITE BEANCII OF SCIENCE HAS DESEEVEDLY PLACED HIM AMONG 
THE FIEST OF LIVING OENITHOLOGISTS : 
I DEDICATE THIS 
MONOGEAPH OF THE TETEAOHIHAE, 
FAMILY »F THE @RO¥g]g, 
AS A TESTIMONY OF 
FRIENDSHIP AND ESTEEM. 
D. G. ELLIOT. 
