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fashion to make the specific, and even some of the 

 generic names, bear allusion to men. What benefit 

 does a student derive from knowing that there are 

 certain species, bearing such names as Clarkella, 

 Broivnella, Harrisella, Smithella, and the like 

 terms, which only serve to glorify those whose paltry 

 conceited minds are gratified at the idea of having 

 obtained a little celebrity for themselves, by the 

 shortest and easiest method."— vol. I, p. 522. Mr. 

 Jennings in his Ornitholofjia, has also animadverted 

 on the same method: — "Too often the name of the 

 discoverer of a bird is applied to it as a specific 

 term, instead of having given to it that which shall 

 inform us concerning its peculiar shape, color, or 

 other qualities. This misapplied nomenclature has 

 been noticed in page 399: and as it appears to be 

 gaining ground in Ornithology, it cannot on this 

 account be too strongly deprecated. Even the spe- 

 cific name of 'place, much less of person, is not, in 

 Natural History, sufficiently discriminative, and 

 should be avoided." And again: — "It is to be 

 regretted that those to whom the opportunity is given 

 of bestowing names do not bestow them with more 

 scientific discrimination. How much soever we may 

 respect the names of Cook and Banks, surely this 

 bird (" Cook's Cocatoo,") might have a much more 

 appropriate and discriminating specific term applied 

 to it; for example, the Black Coccatoo (Psittacus 

 niger i) or, if this name be already engaged, some 

 other, equally discriminating and appropriate, should 



