MR HAR\IE-1!R0\VN ON A COLOUR CODE. 



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The President said they were much obh'ged to Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell both for his paper and for what he had done in Parliament. 

 The so-called egrets to which Canon Tristram had referred, were 

 used not only by ladies but formed part of the head-dress of certain 

 regiments. He was glad to say that the Government had pro- 

 mised to put an end to this and to employ some other decoration. 



Mr J. A. Harvie-Brown made a communication on A Correct 

 Colour Code, or Sortation Code in Colours, to serve for Mapping the 

 Zoogeographical Regions and Snb-Rcgio7is of the World, and also to 

 be of use as an Eye-Index for Librarians. 



After discussing the well-known divisions proposed or adopted 

 by Sclater, Wallace, Heilprin, Allen and Beddard, he gives his 

 reasons for accepting the following : — 



1, Arctic Realm. 

 Paljearctic Region. 

 Nearctic Region. 

 Neotropical Region. 

 Ethiopian Region. 

 Oriental Region. 

 Australasian Region. 



2. Antarctic Realm. 



The author then recommends the adoption of an International 

 Colour-Code for Zoogeographical purposes (Maps &c.), and especi- 

 ally as an Eye-Index for facilitating References to the shelves of 

 a Library, He discusses Werner's ' Nomenclature of Colours,' 

 Ridgway's work with a similar title, and Saccardo's ' Chromotaxia 

 seu Nomenclator Colorum,' and practically he adopts and Anglicises 

 the last, while further adopting the principal colours of Hay's 

 ' Nomenclature.' In so doing, he does not ignore the contributions 

 of Mobius, Camerano, Beddard and others. 



The Primary Code-Colours stand as 



label. 



