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“has been taken this year by an agreement entered into between 
the Millinery Merchants’ Protective Association of New York 
and several of the State Audubon Societies. This agreement, 
which is to remain in effect for the next three years, reads in 
part as follows : — 
“ Agreement between the Members of the Millinery Merchants' Protective 
Association of New York and the Audubon Society of the State of 
New York. 
“ The members of the Millinery Merchants’ Protective 
Association hereby pledge themselves as follows : — 
“ To abstain from the importation, manufacture, purchase, or 
sale of gulls, terns, grebes, humming birds and song-birds. 
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“ It is further agreed on the part of the Millinery 
Merchants’ Protective Association that on and after January i, 
1904, the importation, manufacture, purchase or sale of the 
plumage of egrets or herons of any species and of American 
pelicans shall cease, and the said birds shall be added to the list 
of prohibited species mentioned above. 
“It is understood and agreed that the restrictions referred 
to in this agreement as to gulls, terns, grebes, herons, and 
humming birds, shall apply to the said birds irrespective of the 
country in which they may have been killed or captured.” 
The above extract will, we are sure, be read with interest by 
all Selbornians, while the American Audubon Societies are to 
be congratulated on being able to get the trade organisation to 
meet them on a common platform. 
The Protection of the Fauna and Flora of Australasia. 
— The attention of the Council having been directed to an adver- 
tisement of an Australian dealer in animals, enquiries were made 
of the Agents-General of the respective colonies. 
In reply, the Acting Agent-General for New South Wales 
forwarded copies of Act No. 26, 1901, and of pamphlets 
on the fauna and timber resources of that colony. The Act 
imposes a close time for quail from October 1 to March 31, 
and for numerous other scheduled species of wild Australian and 
foreign birds, from August 1 to January 31, under a penalty 
of five pounds for killing, selling or having such bird, or ten 
shillings for an egg, half the penalty going to the informer and 
half to the Zoological Society. The schedule can be modified 
by the Colonial Secretary ; but we do not see the wholesome 
clause that bird or egg shall be forfeit. 
In his pamphlet on “ The Timber Resources of New South 
Wales,” Mr. J. A. Coghlan, the Government Statistician, 
writes : — 
“ Pioneers, whether settlers or timber-getters, cut down indiscriminately, giving 
no thought to anything but their immediate requirements. The necessity of pre- 
serving the timber resources of the colony, by preventing the ruthless destruction 
of the best species of brush and hardwood which was being carried on, principally 
