SYNOPSIS OF EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INTERN. CONVENTION 183 
Preliminary meeting at Vienna of the Hungarian and 
Austrian delegates. 
Preliminary meeting at Berlin of the German, Hungar- 
ian, Austrian and Italian delegates. 
International assembly opens on June 25. 
French draft ready with schedules of useful and noxious 
birds. 
Italy declares unwillingness to accept any proposals 
including schedules. 
Compromise (§§ 1 — 9), with schedules of useful and 
noxious birds. 
Draft of convention accepted. 
1899. Switzerland's post facto condition re § 5. of the con- 
vention. 
Sweden's post facto demand re § 3 of the convention. 
1900. Third International Ornithological Congress at Paris. 
A study of the food of birds decided upon; reports 
to be sent in by 1905, at London. 
1902. The International Convention for the protection of birds 
signed by the delegates of the signatory powers. 
1903. The Convention made ready for presentation to the 
Hungarian Parliament. 
1904. The Convention placed on the table of the Hungarian 
Parliament. 
1906. The Convention sanctioned by Royal consent on Jan. 26; 
incorporated in the Corpus Juris of Hungary on Jun. 9. 
The history of the protection of birds in Hungary. 
1883. The Game Laws (§§ 9, 12, 15, 20 and 30 of Act XX) 
regulate the condition of birds. 
1894. §§ 57—58 of Act XII (dealing with agriculture and 
field police) settles the protection of birds. 
