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given by Linneus, are precisely the same as those I 

 have before enforced, and which will now be received 

 with double weight. Generic names should always 

 be written with a large letter, and specific names 

 with a small, as Aquila aurea (golden Eagle,) in 

 French Aigle dore, and in German gold Adler. In 

 Latin and French this rule is always observed, 

 because these languages have the advantage of 

 having the specific name after the generic, but that 

 unfortunately not being the idiom of the English or 

 German, the specific name in those languages, is, for 

 look's sake, written with a large letter. Sometimes 

 the two are joined, as Whin chat, Skylark, which 

 ought to be Whin Chat, Sky Lark. Sometimes the 

 specific names are written as if specific and generic, 

 as Black Cap, Gold Crested Kinglet, &c, which 

 ought to be Blackcap, Goldcrested Kinglet. 



In conclusion, I may state, that in the following 

 catalogue I am indebted for the names Toadeater, 

 Mad], and Oatear, to Mr. Neville Wood, and for 

 Taffel, Muffin, and Fantail, to Mr. Blyth. The 

 other new names, as Nightling, Reedling, Pinnoc, 

 Whinling, Kinglet, Goldwing, Tarroc, and some 

 others, are my own. It was my intention to have 

 separated the Eave Swallow, and Bank Swallow of 

 the following list from the genus Swallow (Hirundo,) 

 under the names Eave Martlet f Mar tula fenestra, J 

 and Bank Martlet, (Martula riparia,) but on 

 further consideration it appeared to me, that the 

 characters of the new genus were not yet sufficiently 



