^°- 3579 PORTLAND CATALOGUE — REHDER 3 



we cannot, in my estimation, choose to use some of the vahdly pro- 

 posed names and not use the others, unless, of course, the latter names 

 are truly nomina dubia. 



I, therefore, publish this hst of names in the conviction that they 

 have been vahdly proposed and shoidd enter into the ranks of zoolog- 



A 



CATALOGUE 



OF THE 



PORTLAND MUSEUM, 



LATELY THE PROPERTY OF 



■^^e Duchefs Dowager ^/Portland, 

 Decease D; 



Which will be SOLD by AUCTION, 



B Y 



Mr. SKINNER a/^d Co; 



On MONDAY the 24th of APRIL, 1786, 



ANDTHE 



THIRTY-SEVEN roLLowiNc DAYS,^ 

 At twelve O'CLOCK, 



SCKCAYS, and the 5th of June, (the Day his Majesty's Birth-Day 

 ■is kept) excepted ; 



At her late DWELLING-HOUSE, 



In PRIVr-GARD EN, WH irEHALL; 



By order of the ACTING EXECUTRIX. 



To be viewed Ten Days preceding the Sale. 



Catlogues may now be had on the Premises, and of Mr. SKINNER 



and C", Aldersgate-Street, Price Five Shillincjs, which will admit 



the Bearer during the Time of Exhibition and Sale. 



Figure 1.— Title page of the "Catalogue of the Portland Museum." 



ical nomenclature, to stand or fall on their own merits. Some of 

 these may supplant long-f amihar names. If, however, we are to main- 

 tain the classification of mollusks and other marine invertebrates on a 

 firm basis, we must adhere as closely as possible to the rule of strict 

 priority and avoid exceptions and suspensions of the Rules. 



