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ANNALS OF SCOTTISH NATURAL HISTORY 

 II. LIST OF BIRDS REQUIRING PROTECTION. 



I. In both Districts. 



2. In Northern District 

 only. 



3. In Southern District 

 only. 



Bullfinch 



* Buzzard 



* Chough 

 Crossbill 



* Dotterel 

 Eider Duck 



--Goldfinch 



* Great- crested Grebe 



Jay 



* Kestrel 

 ^Kingfisher 



Lapwing (after 

 April) 



Mallard 



Night Jar 

 f Osprey 

 *Owl, Barn 

 *Owl, Long-eared 

 *Owl, Short-eared 

 *Owl, Tawny 



* Peregrine Falcon 

 Pochard 



Quail 



Shoveller 



Skylark 



Snipe 



Teal 



Tern, Common 



Tern, Little 



Tern, Sandwich 



Tufted Duck 



Wigeon 



Woodcock 



Diver, Black- 

 throated 



Diver, Red-throated 

 * Eagle, Golden 

 '"Eagle, Sea 



Gray Lag Goose 



Greenshank 



Hen Harrier 

 *Kite 



Pintail Duck 



Phalarope, Red- 

 necked 



Scoter 



Skua, Great 



Skua, Richardson's 

 *Titmouse, Crested 



Whimbrel 



Dipper 



Gull, Common 

 Hawfinch 

 Merlin 



Oyster Catcher 

 Plover, Golden 

 Plover, Ringed 

 Raven 

 Sheld Duck 

 Siskin 



*W oodpecker, 

 Great Spotted 



32 + 15 = 47 species in Northern District. 

 32 + ii = 43 species in Southern District. 



Being a total of 58 Birds, whereof 



32 occur in both lists, 

 15 ,, North only, 

 ii ,, ,, South only. 



NOTE. In the case of the birds marked * it is suggested that (irrespective of 

 Districts) the close-time under the Act of 1880 should be extended by an order 

 under section I of the Act of 1896. 



In conclusion, we would remark that it has been re- 

 peatedly said that it is nobody's business to put the Acts in 

 motion against offenders. May we not look to the two 

 powerful societies The Society for the Protection of Birds, 

 and the Selborne Society for help in this matter ? W. E. C. 



