Canberra, December 22, 2008

Excellency,

	I have the honour to refer to paragraph 2 (c) of Article 1 of the Agreement between the Government of Japan and the Government of Australia for the Protection of Migratory Birds and Birds in Danger of Extinction and their Environment, signed at Tokyo on 6 February 1974 (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”).

With respect to the fact that the competent authorities of the two Governments reviewed the Annex to the Agreement and made recommendations to their respective Governments to replace the Annex to the Agreement by the Annex attached to this Note, I have the further honour to confirm the acceptance of the Government of Japan of the foregoing recommendations.

Accordingly, the Annex to the Agreement shall be considered amended as set forth in the foregoing recommendations three months after the date of Your Excellency’s reply confirming the acceptance of the Government of Australia of the foregoing recommendations.

This Note is done in the Japanese and English languages.

	I avail myself of this opportunity to extend to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.

 (Signed)	Takaaki Kojima
	Ambassador Extraordinary
	and Plenipotentiary of Japan
		to Australia

The Honourable
Mr. Stephen Smith
Minister of Foreign Affairs
of Australia
 

Common Name              　　Scientific Name

1	 Wandering Albatross	Diomedea exulans
2	 Providence Petrel	Pterodroma solandri
3	 Streaked Shearwater	Calonectris leucomelas
4	 Wedge-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus pacificus
5	 Flesh-footed Shearwater	Puffinus carneipes
6	 Sooty Shearwater	Puffinus griseus
7	 Short-tailed Shearwater	Puffinus tenuirostris
8	 Wilson's Storm-petrel	Oceanites oceanicus
9	 Leach's Storm-petrel	Oceanodroma leucorhoa
10	 White-tailed Tropicbird	Phaethon lepturus
11	 Brown Booby	Sula leucogaster
12	 Masked Booby	Sula dactylatra
13	 Red-footed Booby	Sula sula
14	 Great Frigatebird	Fregata minor
15	 Least Frigatebird	Fregata ariel
16	 Cattle Egret	Bubulcus ibis
		(Ardea ibis)
17	 Great Egret	Egretta alba
		(Ardea alba)
18	 Northern Shoveler	Anas clypeata
19	 Garganey	Anas querquedula
20	 Ringed Plover	Charadrius hiaticula
21	 Mongolian Plover	Charadrius mongolus
22	 Large Sand Plover	Charadrius leschenaultii
23	 Oriental Plover	Charadrius veredus 
		(Charadrius asiaticus veredus)
24	 Lesser Golden Plover (Pacific Golden Plover)	Pluvialis fulva
25	 Grey Plover	Pluvialis squatarola
26	 Ruddy Turnstone	Arenaria interpres
27	 Western Sandpiper	Calidris mauri
28	 Red-necked Stint	Calidris ruficollis
29	 Long-toed Stint	Calidris subminuta
30	 Baird's Sandpiper	Calidris bairdii
31	 Pectoral Sandpiper	Calidris melanotos
32	 Sharp-tailed Sandpiper	Calidris acuminate
33	 Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea
34	 Red Knot	Calidris canutus
35	 Great Knot	Calidris tenuirostris
36	 Sanderling	Calidris alba
		(Crocethia alba)
37	 Ruff	Philomachus pugnax
38	 Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis
39	 Broad-billed Sandpiper	Limicola falcinellus
40	 Asian Dowitcher	Limnodromus semipalmatus
41	 Marsh Sandpiper	Tringa stagnatilis
42	 Greenshank	Tringa nebularia
43	 Wood Sandpiper	Tringa glareola
44	 Grey-tailed Tattler	Heteroscelus brevipes
45	 Wandering Tattler	Heteroscelus incanus
46	 Common Sandpiper	Actitis hypoleucos
47	 Terek Sandpiper	Xenus cinereus
48	 Black-tailed Godwit	Limosa limosa
49	 Bar-tailed Godwit	Limosa lapponica
50	 Eastern Curlew	Numenius madagascariensis
51	 Whimbrel	Numenius phaeopus
52	 Little Curlew	Numenius minutus
53	 Pin-tailed Snipe	Gallinago stenura
54	 Swinhoe's Snipe	Gallinago megala
55	 Latham's Snipe	Gallinago hardwickii
56	 Grey Phalarope	Phalaropus fulicarius
		(Phalaropus fulicaria)
57	 Red-necked Phalarope	Phalaropus lobatus
58	 Oriental Pratincole	Glareola maldivarum
59	 South Polar Skua	Catharacta maccormicki
60	 Pomarine Jaeger	Stercorarius pomarinus
61	 Arctic Jaeger	Stercorarius parasiticus
62	 Long-tailed Jaeger	Stercorarius longicaudus
63	 White-winged Tern	Chlidonias leucopterus
64	 Black Tern	Chlidonias niger
65	 Caspian Tern	Sterna caspia 
		(Hydroprogne caspia)
66	 Common Tern	Sterna hirundo 
67	Roseate Tern	Sterna dougallii
68	 Black-naped Tern	Sterna sumatrana
69	 Bridled Tern	Sterna anaethetus
70	 Little Tern	Sterna albifrons
71	 Common Noddy	Anous stolidus
72	 Oriental Cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus
73	 White-throated Needletail	Hirundapus caudacutus
74	 Fork-tailed Swift 	Apus pacificus 
75	 Rainbow Bee-eater 	Merops ornatus 
76	 Barn Swallow	Hirundo rustica
77	 Yellow Wagtail	Motacilla flava

Canberra, December 22, 2008

Excellency,

I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s Note of today’s date, which reads as follows:

“(Japanese Note)”

I have the further honour to confirm the acceptance of the Government of Australia of the recommendations mentioned in Your Excellency’s Note.

Accordingly, the Annex to the Agreement shall be considered amended as set forth in the above recommendations three months after the date of this Note.

This Note is done in the English and Japanese languages.

I avail myself of this opportunity to extend to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.

(Signed)	Stephen Smith
	Minister of Foreign Affairs
		of Australia

His Excellency
Mr. Takaaki Kojima
Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of Japan
to Australia