^"'I'oos'' ] Civeat Forward Movement in Bird Protection. Ill 



length, the Premier said he fully sympathized with the move- 

 ment, and was particularly pleased to see that those interested were 

 willing to assist the Government in bringing about the desired 

 reform, and in giving effect to the provisions of any Act that might 

 be passed. A large number of Acts were placed upon the 

 statute-book, but in many cases great difficulty was met with in 

 their administration, not only through lack of funds, but owing 

 to the absence of such assistance as was offered in the present 

 case. He thought those who had spoken for the deputation had 

 said sufficient to force home the fact that it was time something 

 should be done to place the matter of protecting the native fauna 

 on a proper footing, and while he and his colleagues were quite 

 prepared to do all they possibly could to meet the wishes of the 

 deputation, it was necessary to point out that the Parliamentary 

 draftsman at present could not prepare the bills which the 

 Government contemplated bringing forward. He would there- 

 fore suggest that a committee, consisting of representatives of 

 the different interests concerned, should be appointed for the 

 purpose of drawing up recommendations, which they could 

 embody in a draft bill, to be submitted to Ministers. If that 

 were done, the chances of getting something definite done during 

 the current session of Parliament would be very much greater. 



[Note. — The deputation from the Council of the A.O.U. that 

 waited on the Hon. the Prime Minister at Melbourne on the 

 4th August represented the following societies : — Queens- 

 land : Central Bird Protection Association and members of 

 A.O.U. (per Mr. W. M'llwraith). New South Wales : Field 

 Naturalists' Club and members of A.O.U. (per Mr. L. Harrison). 

 Victoria : Bird Observers' Club and Council and members of 

 A.O.U. South Australia : National Museum (per Mr. A, Zietz, 

 F.L.S.), English Birds Protection Society, local branch (per Sir 

 Samuel Way, Bart.), and members of A.O.U. (per Mr. J. W. 

 Mellor). Western Australia : Perth Museum and members of 

 A.O.U. (per Mr. B. Woodward, F.G.S.) Tasmania: Field 

 Naturalists' Club (per Mr. E. Elliott), Royal Society (per Col. 

 Legge, F.ZS.),and members of A.O.U. (per Mr. A. L. Butler).] 



Notes and Notices. 



"The Coloured Figures of the Birds of Australia." 

 — In connection with the notice to members of the A.O.U. in 

 the last number of The Emu (p. 52), Mr. Gregory M. Mathews 

 desires to intimate that he will be glad to receive now notes 

 (however meagre) concerning the first hundred species on his 

 " Handlist " {i.e., Supplement Ei/iu, vol. vii.) 



Proposed Introduction of Lyre-Birds into Tasmania. 

 — The following letter to the Hon. the Chief Secretary, 

 Hobart, has been forwarded by Mr. E. A. Elliott, hon. secretary 



