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unifomiity to allow it to stand. There is no lack of prece- 

 dents for this form of specific title. I will merely mention 

 as an example: Icterus baltimore — the former name of 

 the Baltimore oriole. The title baltimore, as here used, is a 

 proper noun, and was bestowed in honor of Lord Baltimore, 

 whose liverv was black and orange, the colors of the oriole 

 or hanging-bird. Let the name of the small-mouth bass, 

 then, stand as dolmieu — the name of a brave man for a 

 brave fish. 



(This engraviiii;' is a fnc-siinilc of that in Lacepf'de's Hist. Nat. 

 tics Poissons, Vol. iv, pi. 3, fig. .3.) 



Le Microptere DOLOMIEU.* 



Je desire que le nom de ce poisson, Cju'aucun naturalists 

 n'a encore decrit. rappelle ma tendre amitie et ma profondo 

 estime pour I'illustre TJolomieu, dont la victoire vient de 

 briser les fers. En eciivant mon Discours sur la duree des 

 especes, j'ai cxprime la vivc douleur que m'inspiroit son 

 affrettse captivite. et Tadmiration pour sa Constance 



* Micropterus dolomieu. 



