88 Mathews, Some Binary Generic Names. [jan. 



naire et Nomenclature linneenne, sont meme devenues aujourd'hui 

 des synonymes si parfaits qu'on les prend indifferemment I'une pour 

 I'autre." 



Anyone conversant with the Uterature surrounding the produc- 

 tion of the present International Code must concede that my pro- 

 tests were well-founded. C. Davies Sherborn, when compiling 

 his Index Animalium, the indispensable aid to the systematist, 

 gave a Bibliography of all the books examined, carefully noting all 

 those he rejected as non-binomial. Included in this List must be 

 many that will call for acceptance as being binary and I herewith 

 put on record one such that will interest American Ornithologists. 

 In 1791 a book was published at Philadelphia dealing with 

 Travels in Carolina of W. Bartram. Numerous notes on the bird- 

 life occur and a long list of birds occurring in Carolina and Florida 

 is given. All the names have been rejected on account of the non- 

 binomiality of the author. I do not intend to go into any detail 

 regarding this work as Americans must be much more familiar 

 with it than I am and I should probably make many mistakes. 

 New generic names occur which would come under the category 

 of binary though the author was not binomial. All I have noted in 

 this edition, however, seem to come under the class " nomina 7iuda." 



In 1793 however a Gerrnan translation was published in Berlin: 

 this was edited by E. A. W. Zimmermann, who made explanatory 

 notes. There is little doubt that the editor was a binomialist, but 

 that does not much concern us. 



The fact remains that in many cases the Bartramian names are 

 accompanied by Zimmermann's identification and some quaint 

 complications occur. 



On p. 151 a footnote by Z. identifies a bird as Linaria ciris. 



On pp. 276-301 notes and the Bartramian list of birds occur. 



Regulus atrofuscus minor appears in the text as a Bartramian 

 name, followed however on p. 277 by "den Blauvogel {Motacilla 

 sialis. Rubecula americana.)" 



On p. 284 appears: 



" Merula marilandica. The summer red bird. Die Marylan- 

 dische Amsel. (Seligm. Cat. III. T. 12.) " and 



Lucar (dies Wort ist mir unbekannt, vielleicht ein Druckfehler) 

 lividus. The cat bird or chicken bird. {Muscicapa carolinensis 

 Linn. Der Fliegensanger aus Karolina.)" 



