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PREFACE. 
This volume embraces the Pacific Islands, from Easter Island to 
the Celebes. The line south of Celebes includes Lombok; north 
it runs east of the Philippines, also excluding the Bonin Islands; 
then east to include the Sandwich Islands ; south to Ross Sea[ 
Victoria Land, and King George V. Land—also the Islands of 
Amsterdam and St. Paul’s, in the Indian Ocean. 
The Classification followed is that of Sharpe’s ‘Hand-list.’ This 
is in conformity with the ‘ Chock-list of the Royal Australasian 
Ornithologists Union, the American Ornithologists’ Union, and 
my own works on Australia. 
The Nomenclature is founded on the Rules of the International 
Zoological Congress, except that our Committee agreed that 
names differing only in the endings -us,-a, um, -as, -os, -is, -es, -e, 
or -on wero to be considered identical. 
Galley-sheets have been distributed to many friends for correc¬ 
tion Drs. Hartert, Laubmann, Murphy, Phillips, Richmond, 
Riley, Stresemann, Wetmore ; Lord Rothschild, Professor New- 
maun, Mr. W. B. Alexander, and Mr. T. Wells. To all, my thanks 
are due. If amongst us we have omitted any quotation, we shall be 
obliged if someone will point it out for the “ List of Corrections.” 
I he absence of material has made the satisfactory working up 
of many species impossible. The same applies to the distribution, 
but this can be corrected by workers with more and better 
material. 
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