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These notes are the rasnit of obserts ficka made during the part few years, 316 the intervals of Mission work. They do nok profees to ba exhaustive. It is hoped that they may serve as finger-posts to other observers in this interesting field.].
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this occupation, so commonly carried as to pak unobserved, links him with the lordly pheasant and the strutting turkey. Indeed there are jungle fowl in I will claw wildest phessaly tigated cousin of the residents of the 1329 puitry yard. It is probable that the domestic faw! has been under the ene of men since R.C. 1490.
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(Birds p. 119) gives the following descrip.
tion Brown abova with black mark- ings and rulous streaks, a bluish shade appearing in places and chestnut patches showing on the wing-coverls; the throat and sides of the neek are black and white, the black forming a central patch below the chin; the remaining lower parte are sluts-blue, with a median chest-nut patch
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To the old-fashioned Chizes the quaiis have some occult connection with the edible frog (tin-kai). Some years ago. says the story, a gentleman in Cantor bought three anch frogs, hut on going se polt them found they had lunged them- melves into qual and down away. Labs
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The impulse to migrate is extrameiz. strong in the quails. Chhite bird-me a Gitel notice how entirely every bird dis
baste which travel when such a migra appears when spring sets in. The vast tion takes place entirely accords with the count of Exodus. The bird probably the Partridge group including (s) Par
was the common variety, known here. tridges and quails, (b) Pheasants, fe
Last among the scraping birds come the WING to the exporse incurred and the feed be one feruerelassied with the cranes. Thus birds are THE ST. LEWIS' ORPHANAGE.
Bull family, which by some writers are THE BLIND HOME (BLINDENRUM). inconvenience caused to the Con() Gaines bowice (3) American put difficult to observe, as they move silcaily panies in collecting freight for small tridges." quails and brush-turkeys; ( amounts, commencing from 1st January, Rails; (5) Curastows. Of these the first, the little streards, and coming in the 00, from December 4th to holders of
among the paddy, 'catching worIOUS ід 1913, freight below 23.00 on all shipments third and fifth groups do not concern evenings only to the drier places. Their adrance tickets, obtainable frous ladies and Booking opens at Mesere. MOUTRIK & from Hoogkong. Canton and Macao, asless Tore Office, 48, Corriusat ROAD CENTELL Hongkong. Telephons No. 4 5.
shipped by regular, onstituents, must be as they are not represented in Bouth.
long narrow bodies seen specially built. Shipyard, Sham-Sul-Po. Kowloon, Hongkong,
paid at be of shipment or on delivery. China. It may here be useful to observ Telephone No. K.9. Matinate furnished on application.
Receipt for freight will be granted by the that the American quail differs from his to secure concealment; their food, con- name sake of the Old World by the shits of wws, molluses, the larvae of Blongèmg, April 1, 1919.
sence of strong impulses to migrate insects, green herbage, and the roots of friend of nine living near Southampton plants; fish apparently borm no part tells me that these little birds, whick of their dich Kershaw's list gives five be broads, daplay no desire to be of species of which the first only; Porzana posilla (Litle Crake), is known in the 3when autumn comes.
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In each of these groups there is a bird which has the honour of beitig distic guished on " Chinese.” The" partridge" of Flangitory and South China, called by the Chinese Che-ku, is known to the scientific naturalist as Francolinus sinen. sin. Besidents at the Peak who hear, the ry-of this bird at dawn and in the late
One of the commonest sounds in the Paddy field during the summer is the cry. wok wok" at one of these birds (Gal. live cineren?) called by the Chinese Towok: illa said by them to be hoard only in the fifth moon (Juno and July)
certainly have not heard it in later. sumber incaths,
an the 18th instant, and will leave for afternoon he is supposed to say “Come YOKOHAMA direct the following. day. to the Peak ha ha!"will not be sur Alad belonging to this group is the She will return her on THURSDAY prised to hear that in sores places bei Chiowe Tin-tan-kai, probably a member January 2nd, and sail for SINGAPORE found so high as 6,000 feet above is of the Gallinules (of which the British. PENANG, RANGOON CALCUTTA level Keray notes that is has two moor-len" is also a member), This MADRAS, COLOMBO, BOMBAY, SUEZ (for Calm), FORT SAID, MESSINA and broods in the your. The eggs, six to bird has a sillow beak, white neck and MARSEILLES, on MUNDAY, January fourteen us a aust, are frequently found chest, black pute, grey wing coverts and 6th, 1013,
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The pheasant seems to have ble natural mese say that native doctors intch those 1 DRAPERS and OUTFITTERS will Broches are separately, invested, and, ailable at moderate mies, and special home in the Province of Sue-chuen, bai, birds, strain their legs and put them back commazon. business from 27th September Act of Parlament, are set aside to mor accommodation can also be booked if required. For further particulars please
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very scarce here. Those occasionally into their neste in a low days the leg ween alive in Canton are sent down from is found wrapped in a soft mass of her LTD.,huyood Shanghai. The most southern (nome unknown) baring mas valuabls
point when I have heard of them in breading propation. 1442 Kwangtung-Proyinco is at Fel Lol Mona
tery on the North River, where they are said to be koen for a short time only in
TAK CHEONG April and May, Bub David in his book
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Les Oiseaux de la Chine, give a large number of yacetics, mostly from the Yangtaze basin and Sza chuon. Of those, two of the e) beautiful, the Golden and Reeves Pheasant, are or were s cently in the Botanical Gardens, EG to notify Customers, that their Perhaps the pleasant commonly pre- BOW ROOM i now considerably served in England also desees the name extended and improved in latest Europe Chine. These la tradition that style to facilitato buong the gifts of Ronan civilizadon
Every Department stocked with New Goods for the Setaon. Splendid value to our country was the in-ringed phen apequalled variety, latest stylus, £xio sut (Phasimus colchicus) vwhich, the prices
Romans had perhaps brought back from its natlys haunts at the eastern end of the Black Sea altor their wars with Mitärsdatos, King of Armenia (B,C 84, 55) But at a later time the Hinted Ecant (Pterguatua) ntroduced from China into the har quite posted if
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