IV 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Instructions 66 
The resolution of the Congress 66 
The International Protection of Birds in Hungary 69 
The Second International Ornithological Congress, 1891 . . 73 
Liebe— Wangelin's Report 77 
Izidor Maday's Report 83 
The position of the cause in 1891 87 
Baron Berlepsch on the extermination of birds in Italy ... 90 
The immediate preliminaries of the International Convention . 93 
The invitation of the French Government, 1893 94 
The representation of Hungary, 1895 96 
Preliminary Conference at Vienna 96 
Ditto, at Berlin 97 
The International Conference at Paris 100 
Members of the Conference 100 
The French Schedules 104 
Italian statement 110 
Agreement 112 
The draft of the Convention as agreed upon 113 
The Association of French „Chasseurs" 114 
The further progress of the Convention 117 
Switzerland's demand 119 
Sw^eden's demand 120 
The Third International Ornithological Congress, 1900 ... 121 
The International Agricultural Congress, 1900 121 
The milliners and feather-factors of Paris 122 
The Ornithologists' Resolution 122 
The Convention in Hungary .... 123 
The Convention in Parliament 123 
The sanctioning of same 125 
The text of the Convention 126 
Concluding words 138 
III. The Protection of Birds in Hungary 145 
Economic Ornithology 152 
Circular decree 155 
Mammalia 155 
Birds 155 
