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Uroaetus audax, for, owing to the total absence of trees, it was 

 built on the side of a hill to secure a good outlook. It was situated 

 about 15 yards from the top of the hill, and 35 from the foot. 

 Across the top the nest measured ig6 cm., at bottom 244 cm.. 

 The height on the upper side, top, was 53 cm., and on the lower 

 260 cm. Besides Eagles, there were large colonies of Cormorants, 

 Sea-Gulls, and Terns ; these had quite finished their nesting. The 

 breeding season of the smaller birds, Malurus, Sericornis, 

 Megalnrus, &c., had finished about the end of May. They were 

 always to be found in family groups of two old and three or four 

 young birds. These were not common, for one often tramped 

 mile after mile without seeing a single bird. Bernier Island has 

 the same desolate appearance as Dorre, perhaps even worse, as 

 there are no flowers and the scrub is thicker. To travel a mile 

 and a half per hour may be considered good work, and even that 

 is very tiring. The animal life is nearly the same as on Dorre 

 Island, with the exception of Megalurus, which is not to be found 

 here, and the Eagles and Ospreys are not so numerous as on Dorre 

 Island. I found only one nest of Haliaetus leucogaster and four 

 of Pandion leucocephalus. On the north end. Knock's Island, 

 numbers of Terns, both Sterna bergii and S. nereis, had been 

 breeding. The Cormorants had no breeding-place." 



Protection of Animals in Dutch New Guinea. — On the ist July, 

 1910, an Ordinance was issued by the Government (Indian State 

 Paper, 1909, No. 497) for protecting wild life in Dutch New 

 Guinea. This Ordinance has been in force since ist January, 1912. 

 The provisions of the Ordinance are as follows : — 



Article i. — It is prohibited to catch or to kill wild animals or 

 birds, with the exception of such as the Governor-General may 

 exclude from the provisions of this Ordinance. It is prohibited to 

 be in possession of wild animals, living or dead, or to possess skins 

 or parts thereof. Article 2. — It is prohibited to collect the eggs of 

 wild birds, or to possess the eggs of same. It is prohibited to disturb 

 or to destroy the nests. Article 3. — The Governor-General has the 

 power to instruct the Governors of the several Provinces to repeal - 

 the prohibitions of Articles i and 2, or any part of them, but only 

 for a limited time, and under such conditions that no animal or 

 bird shall be exterminated. Article 4. — The Director of Agriculture 

 is authorized to issue licences for hunting and catching animals or 

 birds for scientific purposes. Article 5. — Articles i and 2 are not 

 applicable to private houses or grounds. Article 6. — Any person 

 who infringes this Ordinance will be punished as follows : — If a 

 European, by a fine of 100 guilders, or by imprisonment ; if a 

 native, by hard labour at the Public Works. Article 7. — The 

 animals, eggs, parts of animals, and the instruments used for their 

 capture, will be confiscated by the officials. If the animals are 

 found to be living they will be set free ; if injured, they will be 

 killed. The eggs and parts of animals thus confiscated must be 

 destroyed. Article 8.— All officials of the Government, including 



