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nomenclature are three affecting genera, two affecting subgenera, fifteen affecting species, and two affecting subspecies.

The Committee to whom the work was assigned by the Union consists of Messrs Allen, Brewster, Boues, Merriam and Ridgeway. Mr. Ridgeway acted as the Comittee's secretary, to whom also fell the greater part of the work of preparing the manuscript for printing." (J. A. Allen, in 'The Auk,' April, 1889, pp. 168 - 169.)

American Ornithologists' Union - Check-List 1 of 1 North American Birds 1 According to the Canons of Nomenclature 1 of the 1 American Ornithologists' Union 1-1 Abridged Edition 1 Revised 1-1 Published by the American