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differ as to the initial of the specific, but with Americans the 
weight of authority seems to be in favor of a/ways beginning 
the specific name with a small letter whether derived from a 
proper name or not. It should not under any view begin 
with a capital unless derived from a proper name. Following 
the scientific name comes the “authority.” Here again 
opinions differ, some claiming that the name of the person 
who first described the species should be given, no matter 
whether it belong to the genus under which it originally was 
described or not. Others claim that the name to be used is 
Cat. Ill| Orig. 1557 
Nanemys guttata (Sch.) Ag. 
SPECKLED TORTOISE. 
S. Kneeland. Cohasset, Mass. 
Fic. 17. 
that of the person who first used the generic and specific 
name together. A third party adopt a compromise and give 
both names together, that of the describer of the species in 
parenthesis, followed by that of the one who first used the 
generic and specific combination which is adopted. For in- 
stance, Herbst, in 1796, described a hermit crab under the 
name Cancer sclopetarius. In 1852, Dana characterized the 
genus Cibanarius, and in 1859, Stimpson ascertained that 
Herbst’s species should be assigned to Dana’s genus. | Now 
according to the first method the name would be written 
Chbanarius sclopetarius Herbst ; according to the second 
