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THE British Section of the International Committee for Bird Preservation, of which Dr. Percy Lowe is chairman and Mr. D. Seth-Smith treasurer, is appealing for support. It is governed by a committee of sixteen drawn from the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Zoological Society of London, the British Ornithologists' Union, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, the National Trust, the Society for the Promotion of Nature Reserves and the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire. The British Section is not only representative of bird protection interests in Great Britain but, in addition, is in direct communication with similar sections of twenty-six nations. Its work is essentially international in character and deals with problems which can only be solved by scientific and even ‘political’ work on a very wide front. These include the drafting of a new international convention for the protection of European birds; the destruction of birds by waste oil at sea; the protection of the quail, which is caught in thousands during the breeding season for export to European countries; the conditions under which live birds are transported by sea; and an inquiry into the status of the Anatidae. This latter, which is regarded as vitally important by scientific workers and sportsmen throughout Europe, includes investigations ranging from the conditions obtaining in northern breeding grounds to the diminution of Zostera marines,. Of paramount importance is a scheme for ringing duck in order to trace their lines of migration. To carry out this work adequately it is essential that the income of the British Section should be greatly increased. All persons interested are therefore invited to become either patrons at three guineas or associates at 10s. 6d. a year. Subscriptions should be sent to the Secretary, Miss Phyllis Barclay-Smith, British Section, I.C.B.P., c/o Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, N.W.8.
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Bird Preservation. Nature 139, 440 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139440a0
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