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for its accomplishment in spite of opposition. It is this Act that 

 gives real protection to our feathered friends, and selfish motives can 

 no longer interfere "with a practical protection of birds. Things 

 permissible, and perhaps useful at a time when birds were more 

 numerous and the conditions of life more favourable, become impossible 

 in our present state of civilization, which has resulted in a rapid 

 decrease in the number of birds. 



The measures for the preservation of sea-birds deserve special 

 attention. The Island of Memmert, between Borkum and Norderney, 

 was, at the instigation of certain sensible people, set aside by the 

 Prussian State as a reservation for these birds, with an annual grant 

 towards the appointment of a keeper. So far the results have been 

 remarkably successful. 



The Jordsand Society for Establishing Breeding Places for Birds 

 on the German Coast, a branch of the German Society for the Pro- 

 tection of Birds, is working hard under the direction of its chairman, 

 Dr. Franz Dietrich, 15, Freiligrathstrasse, Hamburg, 24, to prevent 

 the threatened destruction of our sea-birds and to preserve this 

 characteristic beauty of our sea-coasts. We hope that his efforts 

 may be assisted by a large increase in the number of members. 



The Finance Department of the Grand Duchy of Saxony has issued 

 an excellent order for the protection of birds to the Woods and Forest 

 Department. It is as follo\^'s : — 



" When the trees are being topped, the undergro'wth is to be 

 preserved as far as possible as, ajDart from its value for the woods 

 and for game, it provides the birds with sheltered breeding-places, 

 of which they readily avail themselves. Where birds are known to 

 breed freely, especially near water, certain suitable thickets are to 

 be left untouched. As far as possible, topping is not to be carried on 

 during the chief breeding season in young plantations, i.e., from the 

 middle of May to the middle of July. As many species prefer stacks 

 of wood and brushwood as breeding-places and many broods are 

 destroyed when they are carted away, care should be taken to remove 

 the wood before the breeding season begins, as it is generally impossible 

 to wait till its close. Hedges are not to be pruned till the close of the 

 breeding season. Natural hedges, bushes and thorns should be left 

 as far as possible on the sides of the roads, and on embankments. 



