A further note on the scientific name of Bullocks’ Oriole

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by  R. Terry Chesser

Zootaxa 3956 (3): 444–444 ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition)
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A further note on the scientific name of Bullocks’ Oriole
R. TERRY CHESSER
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, P. O. Box 37012, Washington,
DC 20013 USA. E-mail: [email protected]
Chesser (2013) intended to introduce a justified emendation to Icterus bullockii under Article 32.5.1 of the Code (ICZN
1999), because the name honors both William Bullock, Sr., and William Bullock, Jr. However, the correction
bullockorum is "incorrect" and therefore is an unjustified emendation (Article 33.2.3). Under the assumption that the
name Bullock was latinized (cf. Article 31.1.1) to Bullockius (bullocki– + the nominative case ending –us) and therefore
that the name bullockii comprises the stem bullocki– + the genitive case ending –i, the justified correction bullockiorum
is required.
Acknowledgements
My thanks to Normand David, Richard L. Schodde, and Richard C. Banks for their assistance.
References
Chesser, R.T. (2013) On the correct name of Icterus bullockii (Passeriformes: Icteridae). Zootaxa, 3718, 295–296.
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3718.3.6
ICZN (International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature) (1999) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature,
fourth edition. International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, London, xxix + 306 pp.
444 Accepted by P. Rasmussen: 13 Apr. 2015; published: 11 May 2015
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