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may be able to find a way out of the difficulty. It should 

 also be recollected that, according to the Stricklandiau Code, 

 the twelfth edition of the ' Systema,' not the tenth, is to be 

 taken as the starting-point of Binomial Nomenclature, and 

 that '^ toutonyms " are not permitted. These are both 

 obvious advantages, as is also the liberty to correct mistakes 

 and bad grammar. If we take Latin for the language of 

 science we are surely bound to follow its grammatical rules. 

 On all these three important points, which were further 

 elucidated in my address to the Zoological Society in 1896 

 (above referred to), Strickland's views may be tested by 

 reference to his own writings. Moreover, the Stricklaudian 

 Code of 1842 has a long " Priority " in point of date over 

 the International Rules of 1905, and may well claim 

 precedence on that account. 



VII. — Solander as an Ornithulogist. By Tom Iredale. 



It has been suggested to me that a short note regarding 

 Solander and his connection with ornithology might be of 

 interest to the readers of ' The Ibis.' 



To those few who, like myself, have had occasion to delve 

 into the literature surrounding almost any member of the 

 Procellariiformes, the name of Solander has long been 

 familiar, but hitherto it has not been regarded with feelings 

 of pleasure. The numerous manuscript names which 

 confront the investigator in that Order had usually the 

 enigmatic " Sol," attached, and most attempts to fathom 

 the mystery surrounding this name have ended in failure. 

 Those working at the British Museum (Natural History) 

 were enabled to examine unfinished drawings and paintings 

 on which appeared in pencil some of the names usually 

 accredited to " Sol." In a carefully locked box, labelled 

 " Solander MSS.," is contained a number of little books of 

 manuscript slips of descriptions of zoological specimens in 

 the handwriting of Solander. These were also accessible to 

 the interested student, but upon reference to the solitary 



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