^"'i™^] Stone, Vroeg's Catalogue. 207 



font un etude methodique de I'Histoire Naturelle." This of 

 course refers to the Adumbratiunculje of Pallas. 



The author of the Catalogue evidently used Pallas's names for 

 the nondescripts just as he used Linnsean's names for species 

 already known, but he added miscellaneous explanatory terms 

 indicating sex, age, and condition as well as additional descriptive 

 words, until the result seems to me anything but consistent bi- 

 nomialism. In fact the author probably never meant his names 

 to be so considered, since he refers distinctly to the appended 

 Adumbratiunculfe as provided for those interested in the syste- 

 matic study of Natural History. 



The following quotation will show how the technical names are 

 given in the Catalogue. The genera are usually cited in the plural, 

 and the specific names given in parentheses. 



ANATES , „ T^-T 



(jenus LXi 



EENDEN 



238 BERG EEND. Maniu'tje {Tadorna Mas) Lin. Sp. 3 



239 zwARTE ZEE EEND (Nigra) Lin. Sp. 6 



240 STORM EEND (Fusca) Lin. Sp. 5 



241 Idem't Wyfje (Praecedentis Femina) 



242 MAKKOVSER of TURKSCHE EEND Mannetje {Moschata Mas) 

 Lin. Sp. 13 



243 Idem het kieken {PuUus Moschafae) 



256 KOL of STEEN GANS (Anser) Lin. Sp. 7. 



257 GROENLANDSCHE BRAND GANS. Mannetje. (Anser Bernicla 

 s. Brenta Mas) Lin. Sp. 11. 



258 TARTARYSCHE GANS Mannetje. (Anser Tartaricus ferrugineus 

 Mas) Lin. Sp. 0. 



Should anyone still consider that the names in the Catalogue 

 should be recognized he will find seven which differ from those 

 proposed in the Adumbratiunculse, viz. 



Adumbratiunculse Catalogue 



No. 59*[ = 57*]Certhiacollaris =Certhia torque rubra p. 8 

 113 Loxia tricolor =Loxia erythromelana p. 13 



114-115 Lanius carbo =Lanius purpureus p. 13 



142 Fringilla citrinella = Fringilla Canariae subsimilis p. 15 

 175 (not named) =Parus aureus p. 18 



