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NATURAL HISTORY
Horticultural Society and by the Hong Kong Natural History Society which was founded in 1949 as the Hong Kong Biological Circle to facilitate and encourage the study of natural history in the Colony. In 1963, the Society published a memoir with a special account of termites of Hong Kong. Another society is the Hong Kong Bird Watching Society, founded in 1957 for the study of local bird life.
Protection of Fauna and Flora. The Wild Birds and Wild Mammals Protection Ordinance, 1954, provides for the conserva- tion of all wild birds and several of the rarer mammals, except vermin. It also prohibits the trapping or poisoning of vermin (excluding rodents). Game birds may be shot only in season. There are eight wild life sanctuaries, one of which is the whole of Hong Kong Island. By regulations made under the Forestry Ordinance, protection is also given to certain plants, including camellias, magnolias, orchids and azaleas.
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