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H. STEPHENS,
NOTES ON WILD LIFE IN HONG-
KONG AND SOUTH CHINA.
VI.
(By Rov, G, A, Bunbury, M.A., Principal of Diocesan Training College, Canten.)
[These actes are the result of observe tions made during the past few years, in the intervals of Mission work. They do not profess to be exhaustive. It is hoped that they may serve as finger-posts-to other observers in this interesting field.] THE SHRICES.
19, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL
-835
(7) Mountada wak-mei." This bird is occasionally found in the bird shops of Canton and Hongkong. It has red foot, and a wine-grey beak; its breast and hack ary dark grey, inuider parts white,. its primary feathers grey, with a purple | shown.
In addition to the above, the writer thinks he has secu in Canton in March. the bird represented in 0.0. plate 41 under the name of Corydalis Kianguichsia.
THE LACKS. NE
There are two larks in this district, only one of which is wild.
The British sky-lark (Alauda arvensis) is found here and is a favourite cage-bird with the Chinese, especially with thone who cannot afford the mere expensive
This bird, however, never seems to me to have the fins song of his British mate- j perhaps the fault is mine, not his,
The Pekin lark (Melanocorypha mon. polica) is known to all foreigners who have given attention to the ways of their Chinese neighbours. To feed this bird
HONGKONG AVERAGE MARKET PRICES
Corrected to "Thurkay, August sind, zale,
„Að 100 cents per Dollar Mexican.
Butcher Neat.
Beef Sirloin & Prime Cut-
1
Larned Ham
Ross-Shis
"Breast-Naga Lam
Soup-Tong Yak
Steak-Ngau Tak Px
Yuk
Sirloin Coton Ng Law
Sausages,Ngau Chaung“ Bullock's Brain
Kier lonrae fresh, Nhà Li
teruad-Bam Ngan L
Hard,—Ngau Tam
Heart-Ngan Sum
Hump, Salt-Ngau Kin Feet-Ngu Kark
» Kidneys,---Ngau Yis
Tail---Ngau Mei
Liver,-Ngan Koo
Tripe (undressed)-Nguu To
肉食
par not
Brah 15
牛禁
19
靠近
18
Calve Head & Feet-Ngwu-chai-tau-kark, eet #4FER Mutton Chop-Young Poi Kwat
Pork,
Leg, Yeung Pri Shoulder,Yeang Shan
Brains-Chu Know
Feet-Chu Kark
Fry.-Chu Chas Hend,-Chu Tau
Hoart,--Chu Sem
50
羊比:
J 半手
Salmun-Ma
Shark,
Skate,-Po Yü
Shrimps-H
Snapper-Lap Th
Solo, Tat Ba Yu
Wan Yu
Turbot,Cho How Yu
Turtles, small, fresk
White Bait,Ngan Yu Chai...
Fruita.
Imanda,-Hung Yan ·
Apples (California)-Kam San Ping Kha"
+
(Chatos)—Tin Chun Picg Kho
Hoi Tonig
Custard-Fan Lal Chlu
Bananas, fragrant, Canton –Sia Sking
Heung Chin
Bananas, (brides), Macao,--Ju Heung Chip:
Chestnuts, Chinese-
Cammbola-Yeung Tue
Coconut-Yeh Twe...
ng Lat
Lemons, Chine-Ning Moong
Ameris-Kum San King Mona
Liches Dried, Chi, mall Stone
M..
Fresh
19***
Lires, (Saigon)-Sai Kung Ning Moung mch
Mangu, Manila, Lui Sung Mong
Mangosteens,-San Chuk Tre
Oranges, (Canton)---San-shing Tim. Ching. “Ib.
Orangee Sweet
Pears, American)-Kam Sax Shoot I ♬
(Calton), Cooking-Ba Lay
Peanuts, Fa Sang...
Persimmons Largo,-Hung Chie
Pineapples, ist quality,-Poon Ti Faw Law each 10
IN
... per set 24
}b · 19
160
"
15
It
ach 13
Kidneys, Chu Yiu
Le
9
1
11
Liver,-Chi Con
14
Ib 30
Chop,--Chu Pai Kwat...
20
11
Corned, Hama Chi fak
Leg,-Chu Pei
ས་ས
+
..224
豬比
13 豬油
each 6
羊心
་་
9
羊授
Jh_24_ 羊腥
20
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„CAPITAL...Yen 48,000,000.00 PAID-EY CAPITAL...
50,000,000.00 This family, perhaps the most noisy of RESERVE FUND
17,500,000.00 | all the perching birks, has two repre:
Beutntives in this district. Almost at any Northern bird. Chinese name, Shann-La Pigs Chitlings-Chu Chong line of the year whether in Canton or the New Territory, a shrike may be found, perched aloft on a bamboo utter. ing hill-natured shriek, as his branch swings in the wind. He is known to eat smaller birds, and the latter will quickly vente a bough which be selects. Mr. | Lanning in bis " Wild Life' in China “ the Chinese gentleman buys grass-hoppiesa observes that he has never found and lizards; iu order that it inay take the shrike's larder in the neighbourhood air he enduret quite unusual fatigues. of Shanghai; nor have I in this district: Residents in Hongkong who take curly
walks must often have noticed the ser in England, however, it is not at all un- common to see his tit hits hung upon varts of rich houses carrying on their shoulders hambos supporting six or even The black boose which I recently occupied more cages of these larks. I had a good opportunity to see a shrike collar on a white ground gives the bird Father 4 air of distinction. It is said that as leach his young ones to fly. strike aut on a pole in a Chinese vege. much as 825 is sometimes paid for a gomi table garden: the babies both few to him, bird. Singing competitions are a favours skwalking and open-mouthed. Father
ite amusement of the owners. O.C. pinte shrike dropped down into the garden and brought back a fine large grub. At the sight the babies clumoured louder; but OF fuber shrike flew across the pond and halted on the other sile. The babica husitated, plucked up courage, flew across .................£1,500,000 in fear, received the grab, and devoured ..........£1,123,000 in satisfied silence. ........... 562, 500 € 365 000
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WAGTAILS AND PIPITS,
This, like the last bat ong, is a double group in the British Museum Catalogue. These two families are almost entirely confined to the Old World. In them bird life seems to reach perfection as to beauty of form. There is no bir mere graceful Grey shrike Laulus excubitor, Chinese shape or movement than the Wagtail: name Cha-lo-tsní or Shan-pak-lo, sen tappily our old British friend is to he generally. Siza of thrush: blacle head: found in China also. In one of his de- feathers dusky red; back purple. Atlightful chapters in "Summer Studies of tarts nest of kingfisher. Said to be Birds and Books Mr. Warde Fowler "unfiliul "because the young devour the comes to the conclusion that, the wagtails old birds. Parents deprive themselves restless activity is due solely to his super- of feathers to cherish the young when abundant vitality and cheerfulness: the they are bare and weak, the young devour essay, and its subject, will be found weful
them when there are no parents to eat, they attack mive." H.K.M. 303. o.C. zlato "Za.
Lanius schoch, seen at Hongkong and i West River. Size of above but of a
MTAREM JARDINE, MATHESON &Co., uniform grey colour. O.C. plate 76.
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THE THRESHIES.
as a mental tenie ou a tropical summer dar
Pied Wagtail (Motacilla lugubris). Greg Wagtail (M. melanopei.
Pipit (Anthus maculatus).
Chinese
The other wagtail in this district is the
Fat or Lard,--Chu Tau
***
Sheep Head and Feet,-Yeung Tau Karke 50
Heart, Yeung Sum
Kidneys, Young Tia Liver-Young Con
Sucking Pigs, To Order Chu Chai Suet. Beef-Sang Ngau Tau
***
"
Mutton, Sang Yeung Yas Veal,-Ngan Chai Yuk
Sausage-Ngan Chai Chaung...
Foultry.
-
Chicken,-Kai Chai Capons. Large, Small,—Sin Kal Ducks,-Ap Dove,-Pan-Kau Eggs. Hen-Kai Tan
114
Powis, Cauten-Kai
Hainan,--Hoi Nam Kai
H
Goose,-Ngot
Pessant,-Shan Kai Pigeons, Canton,--Pak Kup
י.
Hollow,-Hei How Pak Kup. Quail,-Um-Chan
2nd, Chung-tang Paw Law,
Plantain,-Tai Cheu
Plums,Swatow, Hung Lai...
Pamelo, Siam,--Chin Lo Yea Shanghai,-Lo Kwat
Walnute-Hop Tro
***
Green, Bang Hop Tuo...
sich 15
Water Melon-Kom: Ban Sai Kwi sich (China) Sai E
撕仔 Grapes,--Sang Po Tai Tse 生牛油
24
生羊油|
8888
Vegatables 20,
Artichokes, Shanghai,-Sheung-kei Ah
20 牛仔肉 | Chi Chouk
12 - 0
173.
4.0
Beans, (French), Macao,--Ol: Moon Pin Tau
"3
(French), Shanghai, Sheung Hai
Pin TAE
Sproat, Ab Che,
Long,-Teu Ko
Best Root,-Hung Choi Tan
Brinjals, Green,Ching Yar
Red-Hung Ker
20
30
17
each
por dos 24
D 34
15
Cabbage, Chinese, com,-Kai Choy Cabbage Red,-Hung Yan Chey Cablage, Shanghai,-Yeh Choi
Cano Shoote, bunch,-Kau Shun
rach
#
Some people are always unfortunate in Geese, WildS'hai,-Shang-ho Yen Ngoi pa the choice of names for their friends: such | Musk Deer,-Wong Keng surely was the seientist who condemned Haro, Shanghai,-Tu Chai This great group of beautiful birds, the Pied Wagtail to be known as lugubris. Partridge, Che Khoo containing some of the best British Or was it because the bird chose to appear- LONDON JOINT Stock Banx, LIMITED. sungsters, is world-wide in its distribu-in a suit of half-mourning? Every description of Bassing and Extion. Its lirits are hard to define. Are change business transacted, and Stocks the Warblers, found both in the British
name, Shui-kat-mei. and Shares bought and sold on account of constituents. Letters of Credit granted on
Isles and here, to be included among the Grey. As he has a brilliant canary agents and Correspondenta all" over the thrushes ?
"No" says tho world.
British enloured breast, sorts people have called Museum catalogue for unlike their him Yellow-but the hooks any that the allies, the Warblers, they have to spring flow wagtail must have not only his Natural History, for the double process The Grey wagtail visits us on migration. moult.* "Yes," says the Cambridge breast, but also his back of that colour.
is certainly not diagnostic of families or oren of Genera, èkerpt in isolated cases," (The same question arises regarding Fly catchers and Babblers, the latter a purely tropicul family). In this conflict of
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opinion the British Museum catalogue is
followed.
200
Pipits are cotamsin in winter in the
Rice Birds.-Wo Fa Cteur Snipe,-Sa-boy
Turkeys Tock-Phor Kai Kung
Na
H
Hen,
"
Parade Ground at Yin Tong. Canton: I Wild Ducks, hai, Shang hơi Sai áp Lave never seen them in Hongkong. The Chinese give them to pies, Ka-shaan. Leal,-Sui Ap Chai, bird that crosses the mountains). ma (false lark) and Kwoli-shana-t'
THE 'TITA.
10
Cauliflower, Large size Tai Yph Cho Fa ach
Medium size,--Cheung Yeh Chola is
Small size,-Sai Yon Choi F Carrots,--Eam Shun
Celery, Chinese,Toug Kan Choi
English,-Young
paiz
Bach
Chillies Dried,-Gon Lat Chiu
20
27
Red,-Hung. Far
15
"
dozer,
Omin-Ching La Chiti
Curry Stuff English-Kar Lee The Il
rech
Ib.
28
Cacombe,Ching Kw»
46
Bitter Squash Fo Kwa
45
(the Wild Ducks Canton-Song-Shing Fui Ap
If the Kuei-lin Robin does not belong to this family, there is but one fit in this
district, Parus cinereus, the Chinese Pak-Barbel,-5 Yu
mien-viu. Those little birds have all the Bream-Bin Yu
p. 270.
In
Yu
Fish.
There is, however, no doubt that the This Family includes these three sub Tanila (beside othorst, True Thrusbes: Ground Thrushes and Redstarts. first two birds given below are true cheery audacity of their brothers in Eng Canton Fresh Water Fish,-Hoi Rin Yu thrushes; the dext three are ground and; like them they take toll of buds. thrushes (which are unusually abundant and needs, but like themi also they prob- Carp-Li Yu in the Oriental region) and the last two bably take even larger toll of the insects Catfah-Chik Yu belong to the Redstart group,
which would otherwise destroy fan budu. (1) Marpie Robin Turdus velitens. It is a great sight to watch a tit taking
Codfish,Mun Chinese name Chu-shi-ebs, seen in Hong-friendly interest in a grub. See 0.0.
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Tibeton. He got into the good gmees of (9) - Thrush, Chinese usme Shan-wu. an influentill Tibetan trader and is believed Dog Fish-Til Tu Sa DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Axed for one
· 1. 80,000,000) = (£5,000,000-/-)
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periods, at races which may be ascertained cheeki. Bize of black bird.
same man crossed Tibet from Chida last year. He called on several Europeans
Fresh water,Tam Sin (3) Ground thrush Monticula cyanus, thers and asked them to sign su autograph LEFERTE ...£. 7,092,096, -(2 641,058) BILLE NEGOTIATED & COLLECTED, Chinese nams Wu-ang-chuk, seen on book he carried. He has been round the Holy Yellow, Wong Sin
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(4) Ground thrush, Chinese name Shu- fi-drying sheds. Not in Hongkong.. Gins kit, seen in New Territory near sea and
white breast, brown back. "Kept by a. fow peopls for its song. Eats graes, fish, grain: five eggs.coottled blue and white; hosts in rocks and, holes like a rat.
(5) Red breasted Rock Thrushi" (Monti- TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cula solitarius 2) Chinese name: Wong
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(4) Biberian Ruby-Huront. Calliope camtschensis. This bird is occasionally soon in migration: a lady told me, re. cently that she had toer quite a large number pitch close to her window. These birds are so named from the patch of barg rod adn in the throst (the females arg said to have a white: winter in the Philippines and breed Siberia
LOSING WEIGHT BY THE POUND
Under Weight," a "condition of ill-health, shows your assim, fiative powers are decreasing.
WATERBURYS METABOLIZED COD LIVER OIL COMPOUND
Supplie the blood with the wanted tourishing and healthy
ding materials
Garoupa, Sek Pan
Gudgeon-Pak
Herrings, Tao Pak
Halibat,Cheung Kwan Kup
Labru,Wong Fa Ya
Looch,-Wa Yu
Lobstain, Lung Ba Mackeral,-Chi Tu Monk Fish,Mng Mollet,Chai Yu
sters,Sang Hoo Parrotfish-Kai Kung Perch Tau
EMISTS
Hook
20
10.
Garlic-flue Txu
* Ginger, young,--Sun Tre Keuch
***
海鮮
old-Lo Heung ........
Horse Radish, S'hixi,-Lik Kau
Indian Com-Bak Mai....
Lettuce-Yeung Bang Chri
Water Chesnuta-Da Taï
52
Mandarin, Kwai Lom Ma Tri
Mushrooms, Fresh,-Sang Cho Koo
Musk Melam, Amen.--Kam-san Hong Kuch Ckroes.
144
Onions, Bombay,Yeung Chong Tau
Green--Sang Chong
Bbangba, Shang-hoi Chung Tas
Papan las qual-Tai Man Sex Kus
17.
11
2nd
白恰飯
體蝦
Chan
Parsley, Kan cho
Green Pass,-Ching The
Potetre, Sweet,--Fan Sh
Shanghai, Shang-hơi Shu
Japan-Yot Poon Sha The American,--FK
Foodbow,
Pumpkis,
Fook-chow Star
Radish Hang Lo Pak Trai
Khulab Pro
Sage, Isa Bo
Spanch,Yin Ch
Tomatoes, #FLO: <a
TITOS,WENZ
Ide Turnips, Punti, (Long)
Wong
Vegetable Mar
Chit Kh
Cho
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