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undoubtedly make certain changes of an editorial nature, and will 

 naturally consider the sequence of the various articles. 



In the French edition * of the proceedings Prof. Blanchard has 

 followed as closely as possible the original sequence of the Paris- 

 Moscow Code. Certain changes in this sequence are, however, 

 advisable. I have thought best for the present to adopt the order 

 suggested by Prof. Carus. 



The Committee has decided to recommend to the next Congress 

 the appointment of a Permanent International Committee of not 

 less than seven members, whose duty it shall be to examine and 

 report upon all propositions of nomenclature submitted to the Fifth 

 or any succeeding International Zoological Congress. 



It is the unanimous opinion of the present International Com- 

 mittee that no proposition for change, amendment, or addition to 

 the International Code of Zoological Xomenclature shoidd be allowed 

 to come before the Fifth or any succeeding International Zoological 

 Congress for consideration unless the said proposition shall have been 

 in the hands of the Permanent International Committee at least 

 one year before the date of meeting of the Congress. 



Any person receiving copies of this Eeport, and desiring to 

 express any opinion, favourable or otherwise, uj)on any principle 

 contained therein, is invited to communicate personally by letter 

 with any member of the Committee. The Members of the Com- 

 mittee cannot, however, at present enter into any public discussion 

 in the scientific journals. 



C. W. Stiles f. 



A.— IIULES. 



I. General Pkopositions in Zoological Nomenclature. 

 1. 



Zoological nomenclature is binomial. Every animal (living and 

 fossil) is designated by a generic name followed by a specific name. 



Example : Corvus corax. 



These names must be either Latin or Latinized, or considered or 

 treated as such, in case they are not of Latin origin. 



In certain cases, where it is desirable to distinguish subspecies or 

 varieties, this may be done in the manner hereinafter provided. 



Zoological nomenclature is independent of botanical nomenclature. 

 (At the same time it is well to avoid the introduction into Zoology 

 as generic names of such names as are already in use in Botany.) 



* Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1897, pp. 173-185. 



t Present address : United States Embassy, Berlin, Germany. 



