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The third kind of specific names is said to be: ‘‘c. Sub- 
stantives: in the genitive, such as those given in dedication to 
persons or groups of persons.” ‘To this is appended the remark, 
** The genitive is formed by adding an 2 to the exact name of the 
- person, if a man; an @ in case the person is a woman.” Without 
further explanation, therefore, we might have two such species 
as Felis Johnsoni and Felis Johnsone. But this can scarcely be 
intended. — A 
The third rule of this section, according to three members of 
‘the Commission, should read thus: ‘‘ While it is desirable to 
avoid the repetition of the generic name as a specific name 
(Perdix perdix, Trutta trutta), such repetition is not sufficient 
grounds for rejecting or changing either the generic or the specific 
name. ‘The same principle applies to the repetition of the 
specific name as subspecific or varietal name.” The minority 
say, ‘ Specific names, when used as generic, must be changed.” 
The following form is offered as an alternative: In future, 
_ specific names within a genus may not be used for namimg its 
subdivisions ; as regards the past, the name of the species which 
has supplied a generic name shall be that which was given to it 
by the author who placed it in the new genus to which its specific 
. name was applied. For example, if T'etrao perdix, Linn., at the 
institution of the genus Perdix had been called Perdix perdia, 
that would be the name to be retained; but as it was in fact 
called Perdix cinerea, the very name used by Aldrovandi and 
other pre-Linnean authors, that name will happily prevail. This 
rule, if accepted, will keep us from tinkering at the work of our 
predecessors by ex post facto regulations. 
In section IV., rule 8 finds the Commission once more 
divided, on the question of defining who is the author of a species. 
For the paragraph in dispute, the following form is suggested :— 
The author of a species shall be that person who—a. First 
publishes the description of the species, with names in con- 
formity with Rule 1. Should the description and names be at 
first publication incorporated in the work of another writer, such 
writer will himself be deemed author of the species unless he 
attests that he is quoting the description as well as the names 
from another authority. Paragraphs b, c,d would follow as in 
the proposal of the majority, 
