The Audubon Societies 
The Hummingbirds. 
The Monal. Family Phasianide. 
Any one of the several species of 
Asiatic Pheasants of the genus Lopho- 
phorus, as the Impeyan Pheasant. 
Family Trochilide. 
The Argus. Family Phasianide. 
Any one of the several species of 
Asiatic Pheasants of the genus Argusi- 
anus, as the Argus Pheasant. 
The Crowned Pigeon. 
bide. 
Any one of the several species of large 
crested Pigeons of the genus Goura, 
inhabitating New Guinea and the 
adjacent islands. 
The Lyre Birds. Family Menuride. 
The Emus. Family Dromoeide. 
The Rheas. Family Rheide. 
The Owls. Family Strigide. 
The Kingfishers. Family Alcedinide. 
The Macaws. Order Psittaci. 
Any Parrot of the genus Sitiace or 
Macrocercus. 
The Stork tribe. Family Ciconiide. 
The Heron tribe. Family Ardeide. 
The Ibises and Spoonbills. Family Plata- 
leide. 
The Todies. Family Todide. 
The Cock-of-the-Rock. Rupicola aurantia. 
The Quezal, or Resplendent Trogon. 
Pharomacrus mocinno. 
Family Colum- 
““2. The Privy Council may at any time, 
by notice published in the ‘London 
Gazette,’ add to, or remove from, the 
schedule to this Act the name of any other 
foreign wild bird, 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. 
A Provisional Committee has been 
established in England to consider the 
necessity of taking action with regard to 
the destruction of birds in British Colonies 
for their plumage. Chairman, The Right 
Honorable the Earl of Crewe, K. G., 
Secretary of State for the Colonies; the 
Right Honorable E. S. Montague, M. P., 
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Under Secretary for India, and one other. 
These represent the Colonial Office. Mr. 
C. E. Fagan, Mr. Ogilvie Grant, and one 
other, representing the British Museum. 
The Right Honorable Sir Edward Grey, 
Bart., M. P., Secretary of State for For- 
eign Affairs; and the Right Honorable 
Sydney Buxton, M. P., President of the 
Board of Trade and Customs, are both 
deeply interested in the subject of the 
protection of wild birds, especially those 
only found in the British Colonies. The 
President of the National Association 
spent ten days in London, during which 
time he called upon many Members of © 
Parliament and also upon Government 
Officials, urging prompt and drastic 
action on the part of Great Britain and 
her Colonies to prohibit the sale and ex- 
port of wild birds’ plumage. There is 
evidently a strong and growing sentiment 
in this direction. Pertinent to this, it 
‘can be reported that on July 4, the Right 
Honorable Percy Alden, M. P., intro- 
ducer of the Sale or Exchange of Plumage 
Prohibition Act of 1910, asked the Prime 
Minister whether he had received copies of 
the resolutions passed by the International 
Ornithological Congress at Berlin calling 
upon the Governments of the countries 
represented at the Congress to prohibit 
the import and export of plumes of wild 
birds for millinery purposes, and the pro- 
hibition of buying and selling such feathers 
that were not wanted for scientific pur- 
poses; and whether, under the circum- 
stances, he would arrange for a short 
departmental Bill dealing with this 
matter to be introduced. Mr. Asquith 
replied, ‘‘Yes sir, I have received a copy 
of the resolutions adopted by the Con- 
ference, and the matter will be considered.” 
The British members of the Interna- 
tional Committee, Lord Avebury and 
Mr. James Buckland, are thoroughly 
awake to the momentous question they 
have in charge, and can assuredly be 
depended upon to keep England’s share in 
the International movement well to the 
front; their interest is too deep-seated to 
be temporary.—W. D. 
