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American Committee for International Wild Life Protection (1935) 

 with illustrated notes concerning the species requiring special pro- 

 tection. Those scheduled for complete protection^ are the Gorilla, 

 Aard Wolf, Fossa, Giant Sable Antelope, Nyala, Mountain Nyala, 

 Okapi, Barbary Stag, Pygmy Hippopotamus, Mountain Zebra, 

 Wild Ass, White Rhinoceros, Northern Hartebeest, Abyssinian 

 Ibex, African Elephant (with tusks less than five kilos weight). 

 Water Chevrotin; three birds, the Whale-headed Stork, Bald- 

 headed Ibis, White-headed Guinea-fowl; and one plant, the 

 Welwitschia of Damaraland. 



The Convention has been ratified by five powers. Since diffi- 

 culty was experienced in agreement on some of the articles pro- 

 posed, a protocol was signed which bound the contracting parties 

 to call another conference, after there has been time to make 

 full inquiries into the possibilities of creating national parks, 

 imposing customs legislation, etc. This took place in May 1938, 

 and a third conference is to be arranged if possible in 1939, after 

 which the whole question of fauna and flora preservation should 

 be much better understood. 



* The list is given in full although a few of the animals, such as the Barbary stag, do 

 not live in that part of Africa with which this survey is mainly concerned. 



