ina nuda,' French common names of Latin 

 derivation, ' plural subgeneric names/ etc. 



Pages 41-46 are devoted to the i Etymology 

 of Names, 5 under which are considered class- 

 ical names, barbarous names, ' nonsense 

 names' (' coined' names and anagrams), 

 mythological names, geographical names, per- 

 sonal names, compounds and double generic 

 names. These pages contain an immense 

 amount of information, both historic and 

 etymological, in reference to the sources and 

 relative prevalence of these different classes 

 of names, illustrated by tabular expositions, 

 which are not only of high interest but of 

 much practical utility, but which it is im- 

 possible here to particularize. The section 

 devoted to ' Application of Names' (pp. 60- 

 67) also abounds in interesting and practical 

 information. 



In Part I., l Index of Genera and Sub- 

 genera,' the names stand in alphabetic se- 

 quence, and under each are given from half 

 a dozen to a dozen distinct and important 

 items of information, as follows: Author and 

 date; the order and family to which it is re- 

 ferred; the place of its original publication; 

 its variants, if any, and by whom, when and 

 where published; its type if specified, and if 

 no type was given by the author, and none 

 has been since ' fixed,' a list of the species 

 originally included under it; the locality 

 whence, and the place where the type was 

 described, and, if an extinct species, the char- 

 acter of the type specimen, and its geological 

 formation and locality; its etymology and 

 significance, or, in the case of a barbarous 

 name, its original source and use. If the 

 name be antedated or preoccupied, these facts 

 are duly noted; and where the same name has 

 been proposed for different genera of mam- 

 mals, its several uses are given chronologically. 

 In this way the history and status of each 

 name is fully set forth, so that its availability 

 or non-availability is easily determined. In 



