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August 28, 1915. 



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Vol. XIV. SATURDAY, AUGUST 28, 1915. No. 348. 



NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



Contents of Present Issue. 



The editorial in this number deals with the subject 

 of storm-damaged crops and means of reparation. 



< in page 27ii will be found a sui arj of an 



interesting papei on poisoning bj the seeds of the 

 castor oil plant read al a meeting of the Union of 

 German Exper.menl Stations towards the end of 1913. 



Notes on the utilization oflfcropical feeding stuffs 

 in the United Kingdom are given on page 277. 



[nseel Notes, on pagi 2S2, deal with the control 

 ofthecl oi moli ci ickel and ol hi i insi cl pests in 



Porto Rico. 



Knt. .in. .-i'ii. .us fungi of Porto Rico, and the us,- of 

 mngus parasites in 3ec1 control comprise 



Fungus Notes which will be found on page 286. 



Poisonous Beans. 



A question of the poisonous nature of certain 

 forms of Lima bean, dealt with recently in an article in 



the West Indian Bulletin, has I n responsible for 



an..t l the subjeel in Tin Field (London, July L7, 



L915). In this ii is stated thai there is no greal 

 difference between the plants ol scarlel runner or 

 French beans and the Lima beans. The former are 

 varieties of Phaseolus vulgaris, while the Lima beans 

 are cultivated varieties of P. lunat us. They diffi 

 the colour of the Bowers and P. lunatus contains 

 fewer seeds than P. vulgaris. The seeds of the 

 cultivated races of both species van much in colour. 

 Those of the scarlel runner and French beans are 

 supposed to be poisonous when mature, bul as thej arc 

 never eaten, except when they are quite young and 

 inoccuous, this does not matter. Lima beans, howe\ er, 

 as pointed out in the West Indian Bulletin, are i 



when matin. ■ and their arc eases of fatal poisoning 

 resulting from eating the dark-coloured seeds. The 

 subject of the poisonous nature ofthe Lima bean still 

 continues to present problems requiring further 

 investigation as is, sHbwn more and more b) references 

 to the subject which appear in the Bulletin of the 

 Impt rial Institute. 



Trinidad and Tobago Wild Birds and Wild 

 Animals Protection Ordinance. 



There has recently been added to the laws ol 

 Trinidad and Tobago, Ordinance No. II -1915, which 

 is an Ordinance to make provision for the protection of 

 certain wild birds and wild animals in that Colony. 

 In this Ordinance Wild bird' is defined to include any ■ 

 bird specified in the first or second Schedule annexed fco 

 the Ordinance, or in any proclamation of the Governor 



under section 12 of the Ordina , whilst 'Wild 



animal' includes any animal specified in the third or 

 fourth Schedule, or in an\ proclamation issued by the 

 Governor as aforesaid. This Ordinance contains the 

 general provisions that arc to be found in similar 

 enactments that have been passed in other colonics foi 

 the protection of wild bin Is, the imposil ion of penalties 

 for offences committed thereunder, and the customary 

 exemptions in the case of wild birds and animals killed 

 or taken for scientifio-purposi - 



An important feature of the Ordinance in 

 addition to the protection which it will afford to the 

 wild birds and animals of the Colon)', and in preventing 

 the possible extinction of rare and valuable species, is 



ill.- usefulness ofthe Scllei lilies as all authorised and 



authenic list of Trinidad birds. Here the birds are 

 classified and grouped together under their generic 



in is, the scientific and popular local name of each 



being also riven. Thus there are thrushes; wrens; 



warblers: h ij creepers; vu dlows; tanagi 



Orioles, cassiques, black birds, etc.; flycatchers, mana- 



kins: cotingas; \\ Icreepers oven birds, etc.; ant-birds; 



humming birds; swifts: goatsuckers, « [peckers; king 



of the woods: kingfishers and jackamars; trogons; 

 cuckoos and tick birds; toucan: parrot s: owls; corbeaux; 



