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The Huniniinj^hirds. I'aniily Trochilichc. 

 The Monal. Family Pluisianidcc. 



Any one of ihc several species of 

 Asiatic Pheasants of the genus Lopho- 

 phorus, as the Impeyan Pheasant. 

 The Argus. Family Phasianidce. 



Any one of the several species of 

 Asiatic Pheasants of the genus Argiisi- 

 anus, as the Argus Pheasant. 

 The Crowned Pigeon. Family Coliim- 

 bidcr. 



An\- one of the several species of large 

 crested Pigeons of the genus Goiira, 

 inhabitating New Guinea and the 

 adjacent islands. 

 The Lyre Birds. Family Moinr'uhc. 

 The Emus. Family Dromoeidcc. 

 The Rheas. Family Rheida. 

 The Owls. Family Strigida. 

 The Kingfishers. Family Alcedinldce. 

 The Macaws. Order Psittaci. 



Any Parrot of the genus Siliace or 

 Macrocercits. 

 The Stork tribe. Family Cicoiiiid(C. 

 The Heron tribe. Family Ardcida. 

 The Ibises and Spoonbills. Family Plata- 



leida. 

 The Todies. Family Todida. 

 The Cock-of-the-Rock. Rupicola aiirantia. 

 The Quezal, or Resplendent Trogon. 

 Pharomacrus mocinno. 

 "2. The Privy Council may at any time, 

 by notice published in the 'London 

 Gazette,' add to, or remove from, the 

 schedule to this Act the name of any other 

 foreign wild bird, and thereupon the 

 provisions of this Act shall take effect 

 as if such bird had been included in or 

 removed from the schedule to this Act. 

 A Provisional Committee has been 

 established in England to consider the 

 necessity of taking action with regard to 

 the destruction of birds in British Colonies 

 for their plumage. Chairman, The Right 

 Honorable the Earl of Crewe, K. G., 

 Secretary of State for the Colonies; the 

 Right Honorable E. S. Montague, M. P., 



Under Secretary for India, and one other. 

 These represent the Colonial Ofhce. Mr. 

 C. E. Fagan, Mr. Ogilvie Grant, and one 

 other, representing the British Museum. 

 The Right Honorable Sir Edward Grey, 

 Bart., M. P., Secretary of State for For- 

 eign AfTairs; and the Right Honorable 

 Sydney Bu.xton, M. P., President of the 

 Board of Trade and Customs, are both 

 deeply interested in the subject of the 

 protection of wild birds, especially those 

 only found in the British Colonies. The 

 President of the National Association 

 spent ten days in London, during which 

 time he called upon many Members of 

 Parliament and also upon Government 

 Ofiiicials, urging prompt and drastic 

 action on the part of Great Britain and 

 her Colonies to prohibit the sale and ex- 

 port of wild birds' plumage. There is 

 evidently a strong and growing sentiment 

 in this direction. Pertinent to this, it 

 can be reported that on July 4, the Right 

 Honorable Percy Alden, M. P., intro- 

 ducer of the Sale or Exchange of Plumage 

 Prohibition Act of 1910, asked the Prime 

 Minister whether he had received copies of 

 the resolutions passed by the International 

 Ornithological Congress at Berlin calling 

 upon the Governments of the countries 

 represented at the Congress to prohibit 

 the import and export of plumes of wild 

 birds for millinery purposes, and the pro- 

 hibition of buying and selling such feathers 

 that were not wanted for scientific pur- 

 poses; and whether, under the circum- 

 stances, he would arrange for a short 

 departmental Bill dealing with this 

 matter to be introduced. Mr. Asquith 

 replied, "Yes sir, I have received a copy 

 of the resolutions adopted by the Con- 

 ference, and the matter will be considered." 

 The British members of the Interna- 

 tional Committee, Lord Avebury and 

 Mr. James Buckland, are thoroughly 

 awake to the momentous question they 

 have in charge, and can assuredly be 

 depended upon to keep England's share in 

 the International movement well to the 

 front; their interest is too deep-seated to 

 be temporary. — W. 1). 



