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too; this list to be included in the agreement (con- 
vention). 
IV. The shooting or catching of any bird living exclusively 
on insects should be absolutely forbidden. 
V. As for birds which live on seeds as well as insects, 
and are therefore of less value, there should be per- 
mission to shoot them from Sept, 1^^ till the end of 
February. Strand and water birds should be protected 
by a close season lasting till the end of March. 
VI. Catching with nooses, traps, permanent nets (Roccolo, 
Bagnaja[?]) and bird lime should be prohibited. Later 
on it could be decided with what instruments catching 
could be permitted without injuring the birds, thus 
rendering feasible the selecting and setting free of 
useful birds. 
VII. The destruction of nests as well as the taking of broods 
and nestlings should be prohibited. 
VIII. Trade in birds living exclusively on insects, whether 
dead or alive, should be forbidden at any time: the 
same rule to hold good for the other birds, except 
during the open season. To ensure this being carried 
out, a stricter control of the markets should be set on 
foot. The prohibition to include not merely the birds 
but their nests and broods as well. 
IX. The destruction of noxious birds should be entrusted 
to sportsmen and to persons appointed by the autho- 
rities. Licenses for collections made in the interest of 
science to be given to certain persons. 
Marenzeller (of Vienna) approved of the idea of the 
Convention: but pointed out that whether the Convention 
could fulfil its purpose depended on the attitude of the 
Southern States. He considered that every bird ought not to 
included, and that an absolute prohibition of shooting was 
