208 t'H. \V. STILES, A discussiou of certaiu questions of nomeuclature. 



Relative to the claim that the work should be obtained through 

 book-sellers, it must be replied that this point cannot be admitted. 

 Many Governments publisli documeuts of ditferent kiuds and distri- 

 bute them gratis. If these docuraents are given to libraries which 

 are opeii to the public, the piiblications are open to the public just 

 as truly as if they had beeu obtaiued by purchase. The point at 

 issue is to show a work can be consulted by the public, not whether 

 it has been sold. Any other ruling thau this would iuvalidate 

 thousands of names. 



Zoological Laboratory, Bureau of Animal Industry 

 U. S, Department of Agriculture, 

 March 15, 1901. 



