Vol. XI. 

 1911 



Nofes (Hid Sotices. 



145 



Family Paradiseidce 

 ,, Trochilidce 

 Phasianidcs 



Gazette, No. 20, dated 25tli March. 1911, })rovides that the 

 importation into the Commonwealth of the plumage and skins 

 of the birds mentioned in the schedule hereunder shall be i)ro- 

 hibited, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller- 

 General of Customs that the plumage or skins were imported for 

 educational or scientific purposes : — 

 The Birds-of-Paradise 

 The Humming-Birds 

 The Monal 



Any one of the several species of Asiatic 



Pheasants of the genus Lophophorus, 



as the Impeyan Pheasant. 

 The Argus 



Any one of the several species of Asiatic 



Pheasants of tlie genus Argusianus, 



as the Argus Pheasant. 

 The Crowned Pigeon 



Any of the several species of large 



crested Pigeons of the genus Goura, 



inhabiting New Guinea and the 



adjacent islands. 

 The Rheas 

 The Owls 

 The Kingfishers . . 

 The INIacaws 



Any Parrot of the genus Sittace or 



Macrocercus. 

 The Stork tribe 

 Tlie Heron Tribe 

 The Ibises and Spoonbills 

 The Todies 

 The Cock-of-the-Rock 

 The Quezal, or Resplendent Trogon 



Coiumbidce 



Rheidce] 

 StrigidcB 

 ,, Alcedinidcv 

 Order Psittaci 



Family Ciconiidce 



, , A rdeidce 



, , Plataleidce 



,, Todidis 



Rupicola aurantia 



Pharomacvus niocinno 



Prohibition of Exportation. — Another proclamation by the 

 Governor-General (the Earl of Dudley) in The Commonwealth of 

 Australia Gazette, No. 20, dated 25th March, 1911, prohibits the 

 exportation of the birds mentioned in the schedule hereunder, and 

 the plumage, skins, and eggs (or egg-shells) of such birds, unless 

 it is proved to the satisfaction of the Comptroller-General of 

 Customs that the birds, or the plumage, skins, or eggs (or egg- 

 shells) thereof are being exported for educational or scientific 

 purposes : — 

 Emus . . . . . . DromcBidce 



Terns and Gulls . . . . Laridce 



Egrets, Herons, and Bitterns . . ArdeidcB 

 Lorikeets . . . . . . Loriidce 



Cockatoos . . . . . . CacatuidcB 



Parrots . . . . . . Psittacidce 



DoUar-Birds, or Rollers . . Coraciidce 



Kingfishers . . . . . . Alcedinidcs 



Bee-eaters . . . . . . Meropidce 



Cuckoos . . . . . . Cuculidce 



Lyre-Birds . . . . . . Menuridcs 



