Address Book extra fields don't iSync via .Mac

I created 3 new contacts and used the 'Add Field' menu option to add Department to these entries. I synced to .Mac from my work PowerBook. When I got home and synced to my PMG5 the new contacts showed up but the Department field is not there.
Is this a bug or known limitation?

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