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ing resolution as substitute for propositions nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8, but 

 he claims his parliamentary right to withdraw this conditional substi- 

 tute if such a course seems advisable. In other words, it is openly 

 stated that this conditional proposition is advanced as a parliamentary 

 precaution : 



Whereas, It is claimed that during the transitional period in 

 nomenclature when the names are being reduced to a consistent uniform 

 and objective basis, hardships result to many zoologists, especially tea- 

 chers, because of the changes involved, Therefore be it 



Resolved, That the Ninth International Zoological Congress 

 establish an "International Committee on Transitional Names", as 

 follows : 



1) No person is eligible to serve at the same time as a member of 

 the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature and on this 

 new Committee. 



2) Said Committee is to be composed of 15 zoologists who shall 

 have power to organize in such manner as they may deem wise. 



3) Said Committee is empowered to select 1,000 (and no more) 

 zoological generic names, in such manner and with such aid from other 

 zoologists as the Committee may decide, and is instructed definitely to 

 define the meaning of the names selected. 



4) Said list of 1,000 names is to be known as the "Transitional 

 List" and it shall be considered proper during the transitional stage of 

 nomenclature of any given group, for any author to use any of said 

 names, even though they be not in accord with the Law of Priority. 



5) All authors making use of the Transitional List are urgently 

 requested to designate the names by a dagger (f) or by such other sign 

 as the Committee may select, in order to signify that they are using the 

 names in the sense of the list. 



6) As soon as both the International Commission on Nomenclature 

 and the International Committee onTransitionalList vote independently 

 by a two-thirds majority that the time has come in the nomenclature 

 of any group to drop any given name or names from the Transitional 

 List, joint report to this effect is to be made to the International Con- 

 gress and the name or names in question are then to be removed from 

 the Transitional List. 



Resolved, That this action is not to be interpreted as in any way 

 restricting the application of the Law of Priority or of any other pro- 

 vision in the Rules of Nomenclature. 



C. W. Stiles, 

 Secretary, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 



