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force and been feasible in Italy, it would hare meant indeed 
a great progress in the struggle to achieve the international 
protection of birds. 
The above resolution was doubtless responsible for the 
decision of Germany, communicated by way of the Austro- 
1892. Hungarian Foreign Ministry in May 1892, to endorse the 
« Declaration" of 1875,^ a fact which was of great significance 
in view of the central position of the country, its extent, and 
its political and social power. 
The effect was sensible in France too; and in March, 
1893. 1893, the French Government sent out an invitation ^ to the 
States of Europe to attend a conference to be held at Paris 
to discuss the question of the protection of birds. 
The invitation was discussed in Hungary by the Ministries 
of Public Instruction and Agriculture: after a parley on the 
subject, the former referred the matter to Otto Herman, the 
Hungarian President of the Second International Ornitholog- 
ical Congress, who sent in his report on May 8, 1893. In 
this report it is proved that the members of the PIOC are 
bound to abide by the „ Declaration" of 1875, and that the 
fundamental conditions of a fresh movement, viz. the bird- 
schedules which must form the basis for any parliamentar>^ 
legislation, were wanting. The compilation of such schedules 
must be insisted on, for, though the principle of bird-pro- 
tection was readily accepted everywhere, it was the compil- 
ation of the schedules which had hitherto been the stum- 
bling-block. 
These points ought to be brought to the notice of the 
French Government. 
1 For. Min. No. 20,613/11. May 23, 1892. 
^ For. Min. No. 9637/11. March 17, 1893. 
