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(Vienna, 1884; Budapest, 1891; Paris, 1895). At the 

 3rd Congress schedules of species were actually drawn up, 

 but differences of opinion caused Great Britain, Russia, 

 Holland, and Italy to withdraw their representatives. After 

 several years of discussion the Convention for the Protection 

 of Birds became an accomplished fact in 1906, the signatories 

 being Austria, Hungary, Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, 

 Portugal, Monaco, Luxemburg, Sweden, Norway, and 

 Switzerland. 



The history of the development of the Convention is very 

 fully given, with excerpts from the laws affecting Bird 

 Protection in each of the European countries. A full 

 account of the Protection of Birds in Hungary and an index 

 of bird-names are included. 



At the recently concluded Agricultural Congress in 

 Pretoria, some of the delegates brought up the question of 

 the Protection of Birds, but Dr. J. W. B. Gunning, Director 

 of the Transvaal Museum and Zoological Gardens, proposed 

 that the Government should appoint a special Committee to 

 obtain inlormation, and enquire into the Protection of Birds 

 with a view to ultimate legislation, which proposal was duly 

 adopted. 



II [. Bulletin British OrnitJiologists' Club. 



In the January 1908 number we have the description of a 

 new subspecies of Francolin {Fr. jugularis pallidior) from 

 German S.W. Africa, and in the February number that of 

 Pterocles bicinctus multicolor from Rustenberg — both by 

 Dr. Ernst Hartert, of Tring. The last number also contains 

 the description of a new Seed-eater {Foliospiza mennelli, re- 

 sembling P. gularis) from Rhodesia, by Mr. E. (J. Chubb, 

 the Assist. Curator of the Rhodesia Museum. 



In the March number we have a record of the remainder 



of the additions to the South African list from the collections 



of Mr. C. H. B. Grant, made during his seven years' collecting 



in this country for the Rudd Zoological Survey; these are : — 



Francolinus kirki, Beira. 



Turacus reiche)iowi, Beira. 



