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besides the natural enemies we are used to here in the shape of 

 Cormorants, Kingfishers and others (all far more numerous than 

 in Britain), there are Crocodiles to be reckoned with ! It is 

 satisfactory to know, however, that the skins of these repulsive 

 reptiles have a definite commercial value, the North-west 

 Tannery Company having, it seems, issued a pamphlet on the 

 skinning and packing process, and being willing to pay the 

 equivalent of Is. 2d and 8d. per running foot for belly and tail 



pieces respectively. 



Report on the Trout-cultural Operations in the Punjab, dec. By 

 G. C. L. Howell. <&d. 

 This report, which covers the period from October, 1912, to 

 the end of March, 1914, deals with the culture of introduced 

 Trout in the Punjab and Native States under its control — Kulu, 

 Simla Hills, Chamba, and Kangra. All India is entirely outside 

 the range of the Salmonoids, their place in the Himalayan 

 streams being taken by such fish as the " tasteless Mountain 

 Barbel (Oreinus sinuatus)." There is thus a large range suitable 

 to Trout and entirely open to them, and as Mr. Howell says, 

 " To fill waters, which contain no fish worth eating, with the best 

 of all freshwater fishes, can at least do no harm to anybody, 

 while no conceivable circumstances can destroy the capitalized 

 value of a good head of Trout in this or any other country." 

 It is therefore gratifying to know that Brown Trout, already 

 introduced into Kashmir, from which the ova have been 

 obtained for these experiments, promise to do well in the 

 localities dealt with, and that Kainbow Trout, which are suitable 

 for warmer waters, are being experimented with. 



Hand-list of the Birds of Borneo. By J. C. Moulton, B.Sc, 



M.B.O.U. From Straits Branch Royal Asiatic Society's 



' Journal,' December, 1914. 



Mr. Moulton is the Curator of the Sarawak Museum, and has 



here given us an up-to-date hand-list of the rich bird fauna of 



Borneo, which will be of much use to ornithologists. Subspecies 



are distinguished by italics, and placed after the name of the 



describer of the typical form of the species, the subspecies 



describer's coming last, thus: — " Argusianus argus, Linn., grayi, 



Elliott. The Bornean Argus Pheasant." This is a good 



