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walnut, and provided with a printed label on which were printed, in large, clear type, both the scientific and popular names.

(b) [[underlined]] Meeting of the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Ornithologists' Union [[/underlined]]. The organization known as the "American Ornithologists' Union" was formed at the urgent request of the various ornithological interests of the country, for the special purpose of harmonizing existing differences in the nomenclature of North American birds, and thus removing the most serious obstacle to the study of Ornithology. At the meeting of organization, in New York City, in September, 1883, a "Committee on Classification and Nomenclature" was appointed, the Curator of the Department being honored by his selection as a member. This committee, in pursuance of a call from the chairman, held a meeting in Washington, during the period extending from April 15th to the 23rd, inclusive, in the office of the Department of Birds of the U. S. National Museum, as being the most appropriate and convenient place, where the books and specimens belonging to the Department could be directly appealed to in all cases where there should be difference of opinion among the members of the Committee, as must necessarily sometimes be the case. This meeting,