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are made for the licensing of bird-catchers and bird-shop 

 keepers, the keeping of registers by taxidermists, the control 

 of the liberation of non-British birds (this to be allowed 

 only by licence from the Ornithological Advisory Com- 

 mittee), and the protection of lighthouses by the erection 

 round the lanterns of perches for the birds. We assume 

 that this last recommendation refers only to rock stations 

 on submerged reefs where exhausted birds might fall into 

 the sea. With regard to international action for the pro- 

 tection of birds, it is recommended that the Paris Convention 

 be adopted if possible, that Britain be represented at and 

 take her share in International Conferences, and that an 

 international convention be arranged for, prohibiting the 

 importation of plumage except for genuine scientific 

 purposes. 



It will be seen from the above resume and critique how 

 far-reaching and thorough are the conclusions which have 

 been arrived at by the Committee. The Report is a masterly 

 one as was indeed to be expected from such masters of the 

 subject as the personnel of the Committee. We should like 

 to tender them our hearty congratulations on the result of 

 their labours, and shall hope soon to see their recommenda- 

 tions embodied in a new Bill for the better protection of 

 Wild Birds in these islands. E. V. B. and L. J. R. 



