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Show 322 GRAF VON BERLEPSCH AND M. J. STOLZMANN ON [Mar. 3, simple trinomials for varieties of animals, and pointed out that, besides geographical races, there were several other kinds of variation which might be designated by prefixing letters to the third name. With regard to ambiguous names, of which Mr. Sclater gave Lepus timidus as an example, he was of opinion that Linnaeus meant to include both the Mountain Hare of Norway and the Common Hare under this name, and he thought that Lepus timidus could be retained for the latter, without causing confusion. Dr. H . O. F O R B E S thought that if objection were taken to tautonyms- which were but the logical result of the law of priority- the generic and not the specific name ought to be changed. The generic portion of a name was liable to change at any time with the increase of our knowledge, and it was evident that, if it became necessary to place the species in some other genus, the law of priority would demand the replacement of that name as its specific designation. The result of this would be that, by change in the specific part of a tautonym, there would be a constant liability to change in both parts of the appellation of a species. Mr. W F. K I R B Y was of opinion that botanical names should not knowingly be used again in Zoology, and remarked that the German Zoologists were not practically unanimous on this question. He was inclined to think that the 10th edition of the ' Systema Naturae' was the most logical one to follow. H e stated that when preparing his ' Synonymic Catalogue of Diurnal Lepidoptera,' the idea had occurred to him of makingDoubleday and Westwood's 'Genera' his starting-point for nomenclature, but he had found this impracticable, and was consequently obliged to revert to the strict law of priority. The foUowing papers were read:- 1. On the Ornithological Researches of M. Jean Kalinowski in Central Peru. By Graf H A N S V O N B E R L E P S C H and JEAN STOLZMANN. [Received January 7,1896.] (Plates XIII. & XIV.) Les trois riches collections envoyees au Museum Branicki de Varsovie par M . Jean Kalinowski, autrefois explorateur du Kamt-schatka et de la Coree, nous permettent de presenter aux lecteurs une liste complete des oiseaux du Perou central fournis par notre infatigable voyageur1. Afin que notre article ne soit pas trop etendu, nous l'avons divise en deux parties, dont la premiere con-tient les families de Turdidoe, Sglviidce, Cinclidae, Troglodytidce, 1 La liste des oiseaux de la cote peruvienne 6tait publi<§e par nous dans lea P. Z. S. 1892, p. 371 ff. v v |
