Letters on Exhibition at Cambridge. 81 





Letters — continued. 





39 



Sir John Eichaedsox 



Chatham, 4 March, 1834 



P. J. Selby 



40 



Joseph Sabine 



The Hoo, 17 December, 1816 



P. J. Selby 



41 



0. Saltin 



Cambridge, 27 June, 1878 



A.N. 



42 



H. Schlegel 



Leyden, 14 April, 1864 



A.N. 



43 



P. J. Selby 



Twizell House, 15 August, 1843 



W. Jardine 



44 



E. DE SeLYS-LoXG CHAMPS 



Liège, 25 April, 1870 



A. N. 



45 



J. Steensteup 



Copenhagen, 23 October, 1858 



A.N. 



46 



C. J. Sundeyall 



Stockholm, 20 August, 1867 



A. N. 



47 



W. SWAINSON 



Tittenhanger, 30 June, 1830 



P. J. Selby 



48 



E. SwiNHOE 



London, 31 January, 1874 



A.N. 



49 



LOED TWEEDIIALE 



Yester, 3 June, 1878 



A. N. 



50 



J. Yeeeeafx 



Paris, 8 July, 1871 



A.N. 



51 



N. A. Yigors 



Chelsea, 4 November, 1825 



W. Jardine 



52 



C. Waterton 



Walton Hall, 22 September, 1843 



F. Sibson 



53 



John Wolley 



Haparanda, 2 June, 1853 



A.N. 



54 



W. Yaerell 



London, 28 November, 1825 



P. J. Selby 



H. E. Strickland. Correspondence and Papers relating to 

 Zoological Nomenclature,, including the plan of his 

 original proposals, submitted to the Committee appointed 

 by the British Association in 1841, and forming the 

 basis of the Report made in 1842, containing what is 

 commonly known as the " Stricklandian Code." One of 

 the most remarkable features of these proposals is as 

 follows : 



" Now the specific names of G-melin (so far as they are supplementary 

 " to those of Linnaeus) have for more than fifty years been adopted 

 " throughout Europe as the basis of modern nomenclature. It is therefore 

 " submitted that the specific nomenclature of G-melin has acquired a 

 " prescriptive authority which cannot now be set aside by any examples of 

 " prior designations which may be adduced We suggest, then, 



" § 14. A specific name may be changed which was used previously to 

 " Grmelin's ' Systema Naturae,' and is not adopted therein." 



These sentences were struck out by the Committee, as 

 subsequently appears at the instance of C. L. Bonaparte. 

 The original plan was sent to some forty of the principal 

 naturalists then living, both at home and abroad, and 

 replies from a good many of them were received— some 

 accepting at least the principle of the whole scheme- 

 others suggesting alterations. Their letters are included 

 in this Collection. Among those who signified their 

 complete approval of the scheme was Mr. Darwin, who, 

 as his numerous letters herein inserted shew, took great 

 interest in the subject. The Report when printed was 

 distributed to 214 naturalists or scientific bodies in 

 Europe and America. 



