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THE  TROPICAL  AGRICULTURIST  [March  i,  1893. 
tec ted,  as  proposed  by  Government,  throughout  the 
Presidency,  the  people  of  this  Presidency  will  have  to 
deprive  themselves  of  the  best  game  that  now  graces 
their  tables,  and  also  be  deprived  of  their  best  sport, 
as  the  list,  which  we  give  below,  includes  quails,  par- 
tridge, teal,  wild  duck,  pea-fowl,  jungle-fowl,  spur- 
fowl,  guinea-fowl , turkey,  suipe,  woodcock,  dove,  rook- 
pigeon,  &o. 
Birds. 
Sparrow 
Common  weaver 
Myna  and  Paramyna 
King-crow  or  common  drungo. 
Crow 
Madras  bnlbnl 
Jerdon’s  green  bulbul 
Magpie 
Crimson-breasted  barbet  and 
common  green  barbet 
Indian  hoopoe 
Consul  or  crow  pheasant 
Rufus  bached  shrike 
River  or  large  pied  wagtail 
The  whole  family  of  fly-catchers 
and  bee-eaters 
The  rollers  including  the  blue  jay  Coraciadse 
The  egrets  and  the  pond  heron  or  Buphus  Coromondus,  Ar- 
paddy-birds,  night  heron  and  deola  leucoptera,  Myctt 
Latin  Names. 
. Passer  Indicus 
. Ploceus  baya 
Acridotheres  tristis 
( Buchanga  atra 
, -j  Dicrurus  macrocevcus 
( Dicrurus  albirictus 
Corvus  sptendens 
Pyconotus  hoemorhous 
Jora  zeylanica 
Cop3ychus  saularis 
( Xantholceuj  a Indica 
( Megatoema  canlceps 
Upupa  nigripennis 
Centrococeya  RupipenDis 
Lanius  Erythronotus 
Motocilla  Madraspatensis 
Muscicapa  aud  Meropidss 
purple  heron 
The  Indian  jay  and  fluches 
The  parrot 
The  eagle 
Quails 
corax  griseus  and  Ar- 
dea  purpurea 
Friugullus  species 
Psittacus  Erythacus 
Aquila 
1 Micropadix  Erythro- 
rhynchus 
2 CotternixCoromandeH- 
Blackbird 
Cartridge 
India  or  cholum  birds 
stone-cheek 
Wood-peoker 
Golden  Oriole 
Teal 
Wild  duok 
Honey-suoker 
Pesfowl 
Jungle-fowl 
Spur-fowl 
Guinea-fowl 
Turkey 
Snipe 
Wood-oock 
Tailor  bird 
Wrens 
Indian  thrush- varieties 
Lark 
Florioan 
Plover,  lapwing,  pewit 
Swallow  or  martin 
Bats 
Kites 
Hawks 
Indian  nightingale 
Crane— white-necked  stork 
White  breasted  king-fisher 
Griphon 
Redbreast 
Dove 
Bustard 
Rook-pigeon  or  sand-grouse 
Tree-climber 
Black  bittern 
Flamingo 
Tlok  ell’s  flower  pecker 
Orange  minivet 
-^Madras  Times, 
3 Perdicula  argoonda 
4 Do  Asiatioa 
5 Turnia  pagnan 
6 Do  jondera 
7 Do  dussumicre 
,,  Merula  Muscia 
(Francolinus  Vulgaris 
. . [ Do  piotus 
(Ortygornia  pondiceriana 
..  Latin  name  not  known 
..  Do 
..  Pigus  minor 
..  Oriolus  kundoo 
. . Nettapus  Coromandella- 
nus  and  Dendrocygna 
arcuata 
. . Sarkidiornis  Melanotus  & 
Anaspoe  kekrpbyncla 
..  Lcptocoma  Zeylonica  and 
Archnechthra  Asiatica 
. . \ Pavo  cristatus 
. . I Gallus  spodiceus  and  Gal- 
lus  ferrugioens 
..  VGalloperdix  spodiceus  and 
Gallepedix  binulatus 
..  Munida  Meleagris 
..]  Meleagris  Gullapavo 
. . Rynchoea  Bengalensis 
..  Scolopax  rusticoia 
. . Orthatomus  longicanda 
. . Tronglodytes 
. . Pitta  Bengalensis,  Geo- 
cichla  cyanotua 
. . Eromaptula  cornuta 
..  Syphestides  auiita 
. . Vanellus  cristutus 
. . Hirundo  urbica 
. . Cheiroptera 
. . Milvus  ictinus 
. . Nauclerus  furcatus 
. . Latin  name  not  known 
..  Cicon’a  leucocephala 
. . Halcyon  amyrnensis 
. . Latin  name  not  known 
..  Gracula  Indica 
. . Turter  meena.  Cambay 
. . ensis  Buratensis,  riso  - 
. . rous  and  senegalensis 
. . Eupod'tis  Edwards 
..  pterocles  fasciatus,  Pter- 
ocles  exustus  and  Co- 
lumba  intermedia 
Latin  name  not  known 
. . Ardetta  flavicollis 
. . Phoencopterus  roseus 
..  Dicoeundenininum 
, , PericrocotuB  flammens 
AMSTERDAM  MARKET. 
Amsterdam,  Feb.  1. — The  cinchona  auctions  to  be 
held  here  on  Feb,  16th  will  consist  of  71  cases  and 
4,342  bales  (about  341  tons),  divided  as  follows : 
From  Government  plantations,  27  cases  and  402 
bales  (about  41  tons);  private  plantations,  44  cases 
and  3,940  bales  (about  300  tons).  This  quantity 
contains  of  druggist’s  bark  : succirtibra  quills,  16  bales 
64  cases;  broken  quills  and  chips,  149  bales  7 cases: 
root,  59  bales.  Officinalis  quills,  1 bale ; broken 
quills  and  chips,  2 bales.  Of  manufacturing  bark: 
ledgeriana  broken  quills  and  chips,  3,067  bales ; root, 
471  bales.  Officinalis  broken  quills  and  chips,  51 
bales  ; root,  1 bale.  Rgbrid  quills,  198  bales ; broken 
quills  and  chips,  162  bales;  root,  96  bales.  Calisaga 
quills,  42  bales  ; broken  quills  and  chips  27  bales. — 
Chemist  and  Druggist. 
LATEST  TEA  PLANTING  NEWS  FROM  INDIA. 
Our  D»m  Dim  Correspondent  writes  on  the  31st 
January  1893; — Pruning  is  dow  well  ahead  on  all 
gardens  throughout  the  dietriot.  RaiDfall  since  1st 
Deoember  last  over  4 inches,  and  the  weather  still 
remains  dull  and  unseasonable.  Our  local  Meet  comes 
off  at  Oodlabarrie  about  the  end  of  February  and 
promises  to  be  a successful  gathering. 
Our  Ranchi  Correspondent  writes  on  31st  January 
1893  Owing  to  very  seasonable  rain  pruning  is  now 
in  full  swing  and  an  early  flush  anticipated.  The  extra 
cultivation  given  to  the  gardens  last  season  has  bad 
a beneficial  effect  on  prices  generally.  Some  estates 
baviDg  an  average  of  nearly  three  annas,  Managers 
are  saDguiue  of  almost  covering  expenses.  Health  of 
coolies  good. 
Our  Dehra  Dun  Correspondent  writes  on  31st  Jan. 
1893: — This  la  t week  we  have  had  2 09  inches  of 
rain.  This  cold  weather  we  have  had  altogether  8 68 
inches  of  rain.  Heavy  srow  has  fallen  in  the  hills 
and  is  still  lying  there.  We  are  having  heavy  frosts 
at  night,  ice  being  found  in  the  early  mornings  in 
some  places  one- fourth  of  an  inoh  tbiok. — Indian  Plan- 
ters' Gazette. 
VARIOUS  NOTES. 
Tea-making. — The  following  poetio  directions  for 
tea-making  are  painted  on  many  of  the  teapotB 
used  in  the  Celestial  Empire:  “On  a slow  fire  set 
a tripod  ; fill  it  with  o’ear  rainwater.  Boil  it  as 
long  as  it  would  be  needed  to  turn  fish  white  and 
lobster  red  ; throw  this  upon  the  delicate  leaves  of 
choice  tea;  let  it  remain  as  long  as  the  vapour  rises 
in  a cloud.  At  your  ease  drink  the  pure  liquor, 
which  will  ohase  away  the  five  causes  of  trouble, 
— M.  Times. 
Coconuts  in  the  Kurunegala  District. — 
Is  it  possible  that  a Kurunegala  coconut  planta- 
tion is  goiDg  to  “ beat  the  record  ” in  Ceylon  for 
the  bearing  qualities  of  its  trees  ? We  hear  from 
a recent  planting  visitor,  most  glowing  aocounts 
of  Delgolla,  once  the  famous  oaoao  plantation  of 
the  Messrs.  Laurie,  now  likely  to  be  more  famous 
under  oooonuts.  The  palms  are  described  as  loaded 
with  nuts,  and  as  yielding  last  year,  in  many  cases 
on  the  authority  of  the  {Superintendent,  no  less 
than  eighty  nuts  per  tree  1 What  do  Messrs.  W. 
Lamont  and  W.  H.  Wright  say  to  this  ? One 
native  gentleman  of  great  experience  throughout 
the  Western  province  to  whom  we  mentioned  the 
return,  simply  denied  its  possibility  over  eny  consi- 
derable Dumber  of  trees,  and  we  know  that  40  nuts 
a year  is  a good  aveiage — 33  was  the  figure  given 
for  a fairly  well  cultivated  plantation,  and  20  the 
average  for  the  island,  by  our  intelligent  native 
friend.  What  is  the  highest  number  plucked  in 
one  year  from  an  acre  by  Mr.  Lamont  and  Mr. 
Wr«Bb*i  we  should  like  to  kuow  ? 
