Bird Notes and News 



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AYES— 



Smith, Albert (Lanes., Clitheroe) 

 Smith, H. B. Lees (Northampton) 

 Smyth, Thomas F. (Leitrim, S.) 

 Spear, Sir John Ward 

 Spicer, Rt. Hon. Sir Albert 

 Stanley, Albert (Staffs, N.W.) 

 Strauss, Edward A. (S'thwark, W.) 

 Talbot, Lord Edmund 

 Taylor, Theodore C. (Radcliffe) 

 Taylor, Thomas (Bolton) 

 Terrell, George (Wilts, N.W.) 

 Thorne, G. R. (Wolverhampton) 

 Thynne, Lord Alexander 

 Touche, George Alexander 

 Toulmin, Sir George 

 Valentia, Viscount 

 Verney, Sir Harry 

 Walker, Col. William Hall 

 Walton, Sir Joseph 

 Ward, John (Stoke-upon-Trent) 

 Warner, Sir Thomas Courtenay T. 

 Wason, Rt. Hon. E. (Clackman'n) 

 Wason, John Cathcart (Orkney) 

 Watson, Hon. W. 

 Webb, H. 



Weigall, Captain A. G. 

 Weston, Colonel J. W. 

 White, Major G. D. (Lanes., S'port) 

 White, J. D. (Glasgow, Tradeston) 

 White, Sir Luke (Yorks, E.R.) 

 White, Patrick (Meath, North) 

 Whitehouse, John Howard 

 Whittaker, Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas P. 

 Whyte, Alexander F. (Perth) 

 Williams, Aneurin (Durham, N.W.) 



Williams, Penry (Middlesbrough) 



Williams, Colonel R. (Dorset, W.) 



Wills, Sir Gilbert 



Wilson, W. T. (Westhoughton) 



Wilson, Capt. Leslie O. (Reading) 



Wing, Thomas Edward 



Wright, Henry Fitzherbert 



Yate, Colonel C. E. 



Yeo, Alfred William 



Young, William (Perthshire, E.) 



Younger, Sir George 



Yoxall, Sir James Henry 



TELLERS FOR THE AYES.— 

 Mr. Alden and Mr. Croft. 



NOES. 



Booth, Frederick Handel 



Carlile, Sir Edward Hildred 



Cornwall, Sir Edwin A. 



Davies, Timothy (Lines., Louth) 



Esslemont, George Birnie 



Greene, Walter Raymond 



Hambro, Angus Valdemar 



Hamilton, Lord C. (Kensington, S.) 



Healy, Timothy M. (Cork, N.E.) 



Hodge, John 



Hope, Harry (Bute) 



Hope, James Fitzalan (Sheffield) 



Pearce, Robert (Staffs, Leek) 



Rees, Sir J. D. 



Watt, Henry A. 



TELLERS FOR THE NOES.— 

 Mr. Denniss and Mr. Hinds. 



The Bill went into Committee on March 

 17th. Every possible obstruction in the 

 form of " amendments " has been put for- 

 ward by Mr. Denniss, Mr. Timothy Davies, 

 Mr. Hinds, and Sir E. Cornwall, assisted on 

 occasion by Mr. Glyn-Jones. The proposals 

 have included the following : that the opera- 

 tion of the Act should be postponed until an 

 international agreement has been arrived at 

 with the Governments of France, Germany, 

 and Austria ; that prohibited instead of 

 exempted plumages should be named in the 

 schedule ; that the list of exemptions should 

 include all the birds most in demand by 

 the trade, the plumage of any " domesti- 

 cated " species, birds " killed as pests in the 

 country of origin " (a field for endless dis- 

 cussion and disagreement), birds found to 



be "plentiful and not in need of protec 

 tion " in the country of origin, birds 

 protected in the country of origin, birds 

 used as food in the country of origin (by 

 which any species could be dragged in as 

 having at some time formed a meal for a 

 native of Brazil or Papua); "moulted 

 feathers " ; and so on. The general effect 

 of the trade proposals w T ould be either to 

 make the Bill unworkable by demanding 

 expert examination of plumage, thus 

 rendering smuggling practicable, or to 

 throw the onus of proof on the Customs 

 or the exporter, and relieve the importer 

 from responsibility and fine. 



Clauses 1 and 2 have now been passed, 

 the only alteration being the strengthening 

 insertion of the italicised words in sub- 



