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birds; but bird-fanciers could make good their loss by 
having recourse to the not purely insect-eating species of 
Southern climes. 
Those birds that were not exclusively insect-eaters should 
be protected by the introduction of a close season. 
The best plan would be to fix the open season as lasting 
from September 1^^ till the end of February, with possible 
extension till the of April. 
Bird-catchers should be forbidden to use tools which 
break or kill the birds, that the useful ones might be picked 
out and set free. 
But not only the birds, broods too must be defended. 
There should be a control over the markets. The de- 
struction of harmful birds should be entrusted to sportsmen 
or officials. 
Collections made for scientific purposes could be allowed 
by special license. Special importance should be attached to 
imparting a knowledge of the various species in the elemen- 
tary schools. 
TscHUDi's motion was the following: 
I. The birds included in the Game Laws should be ex- 
cluded from the agreement, seeing that they were a 
priori defended by the Game and Special Laws of the 
various countries. 
IL An international committee should be formed, to com- 
pile a Hst of birds included in the Game Laws as well 
as of those not included in either Game Laws or 
handbooks and in general styled „little birds": the 
expert members of the Committee should define these 
birds and point out which of them could be hunted 
after or shot. 
IIL The Committee should compile a list of birds useful 
to agriculture and forestry, giving their Latin names 
