NO. I HISTORY OF ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE^ STEJNEGER 21 



Linnaeus. The specific names of Gronovius are typically pluri- 

 nominals with no peculiarities calling for special comment in this 

 connection. 



The above may be summarized as follows : 



Linnaean nomenclature before 1758 was binary. 



Linnaean nomenclature in i/j8 and after was binary and binominal. 



Gronovian and Brissonian nomenclature was binary, but not 

 binominal. 



The genera of Linnaeus, Gronovius and Brisson were uninominal 

 (mononomial). 



The species of Linnaeus, until 1758, and of Gronovius and Brisson, 

 until 1764, were plurinominal (polynomial). 



The species of Linnaeus from 1758 v/ere binominal. 



The code of the American Ornithological union (1886) legalized 

 the trinominal nomenclature and it may be emphasized that the Inter- 

 national Code (1901) is likewise binary and trinominal. 



