Show PROTECTS THE RARE BIRDS australian government prohibit their importation from papua except for scientific uses london the australian govern mant informed james buckland nuck land whose work for the preservation ol 01 vanishing specie oj birds Is a el known that a customs proclamation has been issued prohibiting the am port atlon into the commonwealth from the territory of papua of birds of paradise pigeons and os preys or of the skins feathers or plumage of any such bird importation ia allowed when the written consent of a principal cus toms officer of capua has been ob tanned but consent is only given when the birds or plumage are for a mu seum or a purely scientific purpose |