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CODE OF NOMENCLATURE. 



many names ending in (7, the genitive of which should be cr; as, Molina, 

 A/olincr; Cam, Carce ; Costa, Costa ; Orellana, Ordlance ; Lozana, Lo- 

 zancs ; Marmora, JMarmorce ; Botta, Bottce ; and not Molinai, Carat, 

 Costal, Orellanai, Lozanai, etc. A greater difficulty is experienced with 

 some Italian and Spanish names, and similar o!ies of Roman origin, ending 

 in o or io. Simply adding an / would in many cases give absolutely absurd 

 rcsalts ; as, Antonio, Antonioi. In such cases the only proper way seems to 

 be to apply the regular Latin genitive, or to derive a genitive in the regular 

 manner from a supposed regular Latin nominative form of the name : thus, 

 Anionii, from Antonio; Xamarri, from Xamarro j Naceyri, from Naceyro; 

 Guirai, from Guirao; Durazzi, from Durazso ; Morozzi, from Aforozzo. 

 A few names ending in io, the derivation of which from a true Latin nomi- 

 native form is not obvious, may be treated in a similar manner ; as, Fatio, 

 Fatii, and not Fatioi, though we have seen Fationis, the propriety of which 

 we h-^ve no means of determining. Analogous application may be made in 

 case of similarly ending names not of Latin origin ; as, for instance, Kale- 

 niczenki seems preferable to Kaleniczcnkoi. 



The above suggestions apply to names of men. It has been the custom 

 to add a: to the name, instead of /, to indicate that the person whose name 

 was thus used is a woman, but -ice will in many, perhaps most, cases be 

 found preferable, on account of its greater euphony ; for instance, Max- 

 wellice, and not Maxwellcc ; Blackhurnice, not Blackburna;. 



it is sometimes recommended that a personal specific name be put in the 

 adjective form when it is not the name of the original collector or describer 

 of the species. "Thus Corvus corax, Brun non Linnaeus, or a new Corvtis 

 colli-:ted by Brun, would be C. brieni. A Corvus named after one's friend 

 Brun, or an ornithologist Brun, would be C. brunianus" This recom- 

 mendation is impracticable, however, since -ianus is too long a termination 

 to append to most names, as it might give us specific names like Artzi- 

 baschejjianus, Seidcnsacherianiis. Olph-Galliardiamis , Grandidicrianiis, Mac. 

 gillivrayianus, Selys-Longschavtpsianus, etc. 



When Christian names which have a Latin or Latinized equivalent are 

 adopted for species, the form should accord with the rules of Latin declina- 

 tion ; e. g., Alexandri, Caroli, Francisci, Hectoris, Lndovici, Guillielvii, 

 Annce, Margarethce, Phoches ; not Alexanderi, Charlesi or Karli, Frantzi 

 or Frani^oisi, Hectori, Loiiisi or Lttdwigi, Willianii ; much less Annai, 

 Margarcti, Phoebci, or the hke. In many cases of women's Christian 

 names, especially such as have no Latin or Latinized equivalent, the name 

 may be left unaltered and uninflected, for instance, Ingeborg, Gefion, etc. ; 

 a practice which may be extended to names which in their present form 

 are so altered that their derivation is not longer obvious, as Fanny, and the 

 like. But in many cases the proper Latin form or equivalent is obvious; as, 

 Maries from Mary, LucicE from Lucy, Gratia; from Grace, etc. 



So much for specific appellations derived from personal proper names, the 



