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Roosevelt Wild Life Bulletin 
In Great Britain there exists a " National Trust for Places of 
Historic Interest or Natural Beauty " which was founded in 1895. 
This association has had deeded to it and holds quite a number of 
large and small areas of natural beauty in various parts of the 
country. Under the British Government a number of State 
Forest Preserves exist, among which the famous New Forest, 
in Hampshire, and Ep])ing Forest should be mentioned. A note- 
worthy plant reserve is Burnham Beeches, near Slough, a wooded 
tract of 315 acres, in which stand beeches ten to twenty feet in cir- 
cumference, oaks fifteen feet in circumference, and other ancient 
trees. There are also many bird reserves on the coasts of the United 
Kingdom, chiefly for sea birds. 
In Denmark a numl)er of interesting moors and areas with rare 
plants and ])lant associations have been preserved. Birds enjoy 
also far-reaching care and protection. 
In France forest areas with noteworthy trees and plants in several 
forests, notably Fontainebleau. are protected, and efforts are being 
made to extend protection of nature in various ways. 
In Holland the Naardermeer, in the south of the Zuider See, a 
breeding place and resort for many rare birds, is preserved. 
-Sweden has reserved several natural park areas of scenic and 
botanical interest. In one of them the bears, which are threatened 
with extinction, are protected. Switzerland guards its rare plants 
zealously by administrative ordinances, and with the aid of several 
associations interested, for example, the Association pour la Pro- 
tection des Plantes " at Geneva. Switzerland has a beautiful national 
park in southeastern Engadine, a territory on the Inn, with the wild 
valleys of Cluoza and Tantermozza and several adjoining districts ; 
and Italy has had the intention to create a national park in continua- 
tion of the Swiss Val Cluoza. The area of the Swiss park is about 
ninety-five square kilometers, and it comprises pine forests and inter- 
esting plant and animal associations. 
Bird Protection in Germany 
An interest in birds and in their protection and preservation has 
always been maintained in Germany. Various local regulations to 
protect birds were made from time to time in the eighteenth and 
beginning of the nineteenth century, but Prof. K. Th. Liebe, who 
worked for bird preservation in the second half of the past century 
in Thuringia, in particular, and wrote numerous works about it, may 
