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The Transference of Names in Zoology

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A LETTER on the above subject addressed to NATURE of January 26 by my friend, Dr. Calman, has appeared also in the American journal Science. This appeal to the Old World and the New evidently, invites discussion. The letter apparently has in mind the man in the street and the natural history specialist, each of whom is to be protected from “moral and intellectual damage”, which some applications of the law of priority might inflict upon him.

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STEBBING, T. The Transference of Names in Zoology . Nature 86, 43–44 (1911). https://doi.org/10.1038/086043a0

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