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and extends its range south into suitable districts of Africa, 

 as far as Cape Colony. 



Mr. ScLATER called attention to the great inconvenience 

 which would result to ornithological nomenclature by the 

 enforcement of the "Scomber scomber " principle, and pointed 

 out that it would cause the alteration of at least 26 names in 

 the ' B.O.U. List of British Birds.' The Stricklandian Code 

 (which was the first promulgated in modern times upon the 

 strict rule of priority) said expressly (see Report, p. 10) that 

 " specific names, when adopted as generic, must be changed." 

 No conclusive reasons were shown in either the American 

 or German Code for the alteration of this rule, and under 

 these circumstances Mr. Sclater held that the Stricklandian 

 Code should not be violated. 



A short discussion followed ; and it was announced that 

 a debate on the subject would follow at a future meeting. 



No. XVII. (April 30th, 1894.) 



The sixteenth meeting of the Club was held at the Restaurant 

 Frascati, 32 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, the 18th of 

 April, 1894. 



Chairman -. Henry Seebohm. 



Members present : — E. G. Barrett-Hamilton, E. Bid- 

 well, Philip Crowley, W. E. De Winton, F. D. Godman, 

 F.R.S., W. Graham, Dr. Edward Hamilton, Edward 

 Hargitt, Ernst Hartert, Major A. P. Loyd, T. J. Monk, 

 P. W. MuNN, W. R. Ogilvie Grant, H. J.Pearson, F.Pen- 

 rose, T. DiGBY Pigott, C.B., Hon. Walter Rothschild, 

 OsBERT Salvin, F.R.S., Howard Saunders, R. Bowdler 

 Shakpe, C. B. Wharton, John Young. 



Visitors : Col. E. Delmb-Radcliffe, Mr. C. E. Fagan, 

 Dr. A. Donaldson Smith (Philadelphia), Mr. H. Stevens. 



Mr. E. BiDWELL exhibited two eggs of the Great Auk 

 [Alca impennis), which had apparently never been recorded. 



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