. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE MYRAPETBA. 283 « t. Nectarinia. Myrapetra. It is much to be regretted that this plan of inventing fanciful names and giving them to newly-discovered species should have been Bo common a practice among systematic zoologists. I hold that both the generic and specific name of every animal and plant should be intelligible, and refer either to some peculiarity of form, habit, color, or locality. There is no great difficulty in doiilg so. Greek is a language
. Homes without hands : being a description of the habitations of animals, classed according to their principle of construction . Animals. THE MYRAPETBA. 283 « t. Nectarinia. Myrapetra. It is much to be regretted that this plan of inventing fanciful names and giving them to newly-discovered species should have been Bo common a practice among systematic zoologists. I hold that both the generic and specific name of every animal and plant should be intelligible, and refer either to some peculiarity of form, habit, color, or locality. There is no great difficulty in doiilg so. Greek is a language that affords an inexhaustible sup- ply of compound words, and even if the nomenclator be no schol- ar, any one who is moderately versed in the classics would com- pose the desired names if he were only furnished with the neces- sary information. The vagaries in which some nomenclators indulge are so ab- surd as scarcely to be believed. Firstly, they will invent some word tbat exists in no language whatever, merely because the sound pleases their ears, and they like to amuse themselves with. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889; Keyl, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1823-1871; Smith, E. A. (Edward Alfred); Pearson, G. (George). New York : Harper & Brothers
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