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intended for the personal use of, any per- 

 son entering the United Kingdom: 



(e) The plumage of wild birds ordinarily 

 used as articles of diet and imported for 

 that purpose. 



(2) His Majesty may by Order in 

 Council from time to time add the name 

 of any bird to the Schedule to this Act 

 or remove the name of any bird from 

 that Schedule. 



(3) The Board of Trade may grant a 

 license under such conditions and regula- 

 tions as they think fit to any person to 

 import specimens of birds for any natural 

 history or other museum, or for the pur- 

 pose of scientific research. 



(4) Any importer claiming an exemp- 

 tion under this section for any plumage on 

 the ground that it is to be put to a cer- 

 tain use shall deliver to an officer of Cus- 



toms and Excise, if required by any such 

 officer, on importation a written declara- 

 tion of the purpose for which it is imported. 



3. Where the court is satisfied, in any 

 proceedings under this Act, that any 

 plumage is the plumage of a bird which 

 is never or rarely found alive in a wild 

 state in the United Kingdom, the plumage 

 shall be deemed to be imported in con- 

 travention of this Act unless the contrary 

 is proved. 



4. An Order may be made by the Secre- 

 tary of State, or the Secretary for Scot- 

 land, or the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 

 under sections eight and nine of the Wild 

 Birds Protection Act, 1880, and sections 

 two and three of the Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act, 1894, and section one of 

 the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1896, 

 which give powers with reference to the 



Corn Field Devastated by Grasshoppers 



Photograph made in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, in June, 1913, by F. S. Barde. The 

 great grasshopper plague in Oklahoma in June and July, 1913, destroyed thousands of 

 acres of flourishing crops. 



Sparrow Hawks are great destroyers of grasshoppers, but the Legislature of Okla- 

 homa has thus far refused to pass a law to protect them. 



