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subsequent to such authority, the best rule is, 

 that the name first published be received. 



614. Naturalists are agreed in considering 

 Linnaeus the original founder of a distinct and 

 applicable nomenclature, and, with very few 

 exceptions, they refer to him as the standard 

 authority : the author has adhered, as nearly aS 

 possible, to the Linnsean nomenclature, altering, 

 however, the termination of the names, in order 

 to appropriate the original names to minor 

 divisions. 



615. For convenience, we make catalogues of 

 all known animals : it is the object of every com- 

 piler of such catalogues to make as near an 

 approach to nature as he is able. These cata- 

 logues, or arrangements, are not limited to a 

 simple list of single names or kinds of animals 

 (species), but many species are grouped together 

 under a second name, called a genus (genus} ; a 

 number of genera are united, and called a family 

 (familia); a number of families are united and 

 called an order (ordo). 



616. From orders we mount upwards to 

 stirpes (stirpes) ; from stirpes to classes (classes) ; 

 from classes to tribes (tribus) ; from departments 

 to provinces ( provincice) ; from provinces to king- 

 doms (regna) ; and, from kingdoms, to universal 

 nature. 



617. It may be remarked, that all divisions 

 have a tendency to subdivide into the numbers 



