52 Occasional Xofes. 



" (//) to the plumage, skin, or body, or to any parts 

 thereof, of any bird not inckided in the schedule 

 to this Act and forming part of the wearing 

 apparel being bona fide the property of and 

 either actually in the use of or ar-companying 

 any person entering the United Kingdom and 

 not being for the purpose of sale or exchange. 

 Every such person shall if so required make a 

 written declaration to this effect. 

 " 2. On the advice and with the consent of the Privy 

 Council the name of any other foreign wild bird 

 may at any time be added to or removed from the 

 schedule to this Act by notice published in the 

 ' Gazette,' 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. 

 " The following is the schedule referred to in the Bill : — • 

 " Birds Exempted. 

 " 1. Ostriches. 

 " 2. Eider Ducks. 

 " 3. Wild Birds used as articles of diet." 



4. On Pkotective Resemhlance in South African 

 Birds. — Mr. Haagner's paper in the April number of this 

 Journal deals with an interesting subject, and one may share 

 his hope that it will receive the attention of local ornitho- 

 logists. 



In referring to the game-birds as well as the Goatsuckers 

 and some others as instances of Protective Resemblance, 

 Mr. Haagner is of course on safe and familiar ground. To 

 take what seems an undoubted case, such as the Quail. Here 

 we find a type of coloration which seems clearly to be an 

 adaptation for the purpose of concealment. Moreover, the 

 Quail has the habit of, in the first instance, remaining motion- 

 less in the face of danger— a habit which seems to be the 

 necessary accompaniment of protective coloration. The vahie 



