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philomelos, etc., although one might also use the Latin ending us, 

 instead of the Greek os, as zoological names are supposed to be 

 latinized. These names, however, were pvirposely spelled in this way 

 by their authors, and there is no evident error of transcription, lapsus 

 calami, or typographical error in them. What Mr. Bonhote found 

 on page 969 are not " rules," but " recommendations," and I follow 

 them when making new names, and that is the meaning of the recom- 

 mendations, which are not the same as the " rules." 



Ernst Hartert. 



