ERVAT10N0P INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS, fyc. 





Jortlon's 

 No. 



Scientific N: 



Popular Nam 



N'u. "I 



94 I 



950 



91S9 



M70 



972 bis. 



975 



984 



985 



38 (cr. 

 its:) 

 990 

 ] '04 



1007 



lUUS 



1 hoenicoptertis ani [quorum, T\ m 

 Sarcidiornia mclanonot us, /'. ,> n 



Fuligula nyroca, Quid 



Fttligula marila, Lin, 



Meruus serratbr, Lin 



Podiceps minor, Qm. 



aelidon hybrlda, Pall 



: Da fern;!, 8ykes 



Sterna sanndersi, Hume 



Sterna b< rgii, IAcht 



Sterna media, Horsf 



Pelecanus Philippensis, Gm. .. . 

 Phalacrocorax fuecicollis, Step .. 



Phalacrocorax Pygmseua 



Plotus melanogaster, Perm 



Tetra tetrix 



St ruthio cameras 



Dromaius novx -hollandiae 



The Flamingo 



'l':.. Comb Duck 



The \\ hite ej ed Pochard 



The Scaup ' 



The Eted-breaated 3Wergan 



The Dabchick 



Marsh Tern 



The [Arge River Tern 



Saunder's Little Tern 



The Large Sea Tern 



The Smaller Sea Tern 



The Grey Pelican 



The Lesser Cormorant 



The Little Coromorant 



The Snake Bird 



The Hiack Grouse ... 



The Ostrich (laid in Boml 

 The Emu (laid in Bombay) .. 



1 

 4 



O 



I 



4 

 7 

 4 

 6 

 2 

 8 

 3 



3 

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2 

 1 



THE PRESERVATION OF INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS, BIRDS OP 

 PLUMAGE, AND GAME IN THE CENTRAL PROVINCES. 



Extract from the Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner, Central Provinces, in 

 the General Department. Dated Nagpur, the ord January, 1890. 



RESOLUTION. 



Tke question of doing something to protect the insectivorous birds and birds of 

 plumage, and to stop the indiscriminate slaughter of game at all seasons of the 

 year, has been for some time past Under the consideration of the Chief Commissioner. 

 After consulting Colonel Doveton. the Conservator of Forests, and Mr. R. Thomp- 

 son, late Deputy Conservator of Raipur (now Officiating as Conservator of the 

 S ruthern Circle), Mr. Mackenzie has come to the conclusion that, although the 

 subject can perhaps only be effectually dealt with by legislation, it is possible to 

 take some tentative steps in this direction Under the provisions of the Forest Act 

 and the Rules regulating the grant of licenses to Use fire-arms. The necessitv of 

 early action in the matter has been pressed upon the Chief Commissioner from 

 various quarters. The destruction of birds, for the sake of their feathers, has in 

 some districts been carried to such lengths as to threaten the extermination of 

 several interesting species, and the operations of Native Shikaris are similarly 

 bringing about the extinction of various kinds of deer and antelope. 



2. In October, 1888, Mr. Thompson, whose authority as a naturalist and sports 

 man is beyond dispute, submitted to the Chief Commissioner a rough draft of a 



