. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. / ^7 /:>s c / 'V \ \ \ s. This work originated in personal needs. The labor involved in con- sulting so many books of reference to see how and where a certain generic name had been used, or whether one coined for a special occa- sion had already been emi)loyed, led me to cut uj) a copy of Marschall's Nomenclator* and making a siagle alphabet of its twenty-one lists, add to them from year to year the names found in the index to the Zoological The scrap-book thus formed made a tolerable sup- plement to Agassiz's Index,J and was wor
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. / ^7 /:>s c / 'V \ \ \ s. This work originated in personal needs. The labor involved in con- sulting so many books of reference to see how and where a certain generic name had been used, or whether one coined for a special occa- sion had already been emi)loyed, led me to cut uj) a copy of Marschall's Nomenclator* and making a siagle alphabet of its twenty-one lists, add to them from year to year the names found in the index to the Zoological The scrap-book thus formed made a tolerable sup- plement to Agassiz's Index,J and was worth the pains employed. The alphabet of the scrap-book could not, however, be kept inta(!t, espe- cially in view of the multiplicity of compounds of some favorite initiatory word like ay-a-^Oa; it became more complicated and unwieldy with every addition; and in view of the length of time that had elapsed since Agassiz's index was issued, the need of a new index universalis became daily more apparent. My zoological friends, to whom my manuscript list was open, urged also the boon such an undertaking would confer upon all working naturalists, and the cordiality with which a proposi- * Nomenclator zoologicus, contiuens nomina systematica generum aiiimaliuni tarn viventiuDi quam fossilium, aecundum ordinem alphabeticum disposita sub auspiciis et sumptibus C. R. Societatis zoologico-botauicae couscriptus a comite Angusto de Mar- schall. 8°. Vindobonae, 1873. Pp. 4, 482. This work iucludes 19,966 entries. tThe record of zoological literature, vol. 1-6. [Continued under the title] The zoological record for 1870 [-1879] ; being vol. 7 [-16] of the Record of zoological litera- ture. 16 vols., London, 1865-1881. 8°. Vols. 1-5 were never indexed; the index for vol. 6 will be found in vol. 10. Vols. 1-6 were edited by C. L. G. Giinther; vols. 7-9 by Alfred Newton; vols. 10-13 by E. C. Rye. The Indexes of volumes 6-14 contain 7,968 names. t Nomenclator zoologicus, continens nomina systemat
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