104 Zoological Nomenclature. 
the words Tockus, awsuree, argoondah, kundoo, &c., — when ——— 
have been written Toceus, ausure, urgunda, cundu, Such words ought, 
in all practicable — to have a Latin termination on them, especially if 
they are used generically. 
In Latinizing a ievriey names, the oti rule appears to be to use the 
joa eran 8, genitive -i, when the ds with a conso sic as in 
the abov mples Ses -ius, gen. “it, when it ers with a vowel, as, 
pained re etl lit, 
In converting Grek words into Latin the following rules must be attended 
to :— 
Greek. Latin. Gre ne 
ae becomes ». o sana ¢ th, 
1) ce ph. 
ac termina, ts * he 
; K 
ov ” becomes = yx neh. 
oL vy a ng. 
a ica 
“ 
When a name has beds erroneously written and its orthography has been 
afterward amended, we conceive that the authority of the original author 
ae ib) vi retained for the iis, and not that of the person who makes 
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RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVING THE ZOOLOGICAL NOMENCLATURE IN FUTURE 
ears practicable to invest with the character of laws v- 
ored to make them as few and simple as possible, in the hope that they m 
the more easily comprehended and adopted by naturalists in general. 
e ar re t arge number r pane Mier some I 
hereafter enumerated, have been proposed and acte nb hor pee 
who have undertaken the eel task of legislating on the s ; but 
the enforcement of such rules would in many cases undermine Ae gel = 
principle of priority, we :. not feel justified in By St them. At the same 
pate we fully admit that the rules in question are, for most part, founded 
on just criticism, and therefore, though we do not allen. Ses operate re- 
tepereiae: re are willing to r etain ri for future guidance. Although 
is of the first importance that the principle of pie it should be held para- 
nt to all pa ae et we are not blind to the desirableness of rendering 
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our scientific language palatable to the scholar and the m taste. Many 
zodlogical terms, which are no sas Se sta ual cur- 
a o far defective in co ea eg our inability to remove 
them without infringing the law of oie stag be regret. t 
Ls cannot interfere, if we adhe the principles shox laid 
down; nor is there even any remedy, if authors = on in ] 
troducing into the science words of the inelegant 
taste by in 
or oe character in future. But that which cannot be hae by law 
may, in some measure, be effected by persuasion; and with this view we sub- 
mit the following propositions to naturalists, under cig = commenda- 
tions for the h of Zoological Nomenclatu 
best names are Latin or Greek taauckcilie san om te _—The cla 
languages being selected for zodlogy, and words being more easily re 
bered in proportion as they are expressive, it is self-evident that :— 
§ A. The best zodlogical meee & re those which are derived 
from the Latin or Greek, express some distinguishing 
a of the object to es on are applied. 
are many names, Pag sess ~~ ending with a consonant, are more 
aso if terminated wi 
