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Province has occupied the attention of the committee for some time past, 

 and it was thought that it is largely due to the wholesale destruction of 

 insectivorous birds. As under the provisions of the game-laws of this 

 country, divisional councils and municipalities have, subject to the approval 

 of Government and his Excellency the Governor, the power of protecting 

 any birds for a period of several years, a circular was addressed by the 

 committee to the municipalities and divisional councils of the Eastern 

 Province, recommending (1) that certain birds and their eggs should be 

 protected; (2) that saloon rifles, air-guns and catapults be classed as 

 weapons, and placed under the same restrictions as firearms." It is hoped 

 that " by strictly enforcing these regulations we may see within a short 

 time a considerable increase in the number of our feathered friends." 



We have received the fifth volume of the 'Journal of Malacology,' 

 with its excellent bibliography of current literature on its special subject. 

 A. paper by Mr. G. W. Chaster, on " Some New Marine Mollusca from 

 Tangier," is noteworthy, if only by the description of 1he material from 

 which the specimens were obtained, viz. "heaps of anchor-mud and 

 dredgings " obtained during a Mediterranean cruise. " The material from 

 Tangier consisted of a bag of dredgings (weighing but a few pounds) from 

 about seven fathoms, and a quantity of shore-sand brought on board for the 

 purpose of deck-scrubbing." This produced five new species, and a uew 

 genus of Mollusca. 



