O.V THE EXISTING CLOSE TIME OF BIRDS AND ANIMALS. Jl? 



Bustard ... 



Likh-florican 



Whistling-teal 



Cotton -teal 

 Comb-duck 

 Spot-bill-duck 



Close Season. 



. Eupodotis edvardsi "| 1st April to 30th Septem- 



, Sypheotkles or Sypheotis aurila.. J ber. 

 Dendrocygna arcuata or Java- 1st June to 30th September. 



nica. 

 Netfopus coromandflianus ... Do. do. 



Sarcidiornis melanonotus ... Do. do. 



Anas paXflorJiyDcha ... ... Do. do. 



The close season for Hare is 1st April to 30th September. 

 The Forest rules are simple and uniform and are probably within the 

 knowledge of most readers of this paper. When we come to municipal regu- 

 lations, the case is different. The prohibited actions are the same everywhere. 

 It is forbidden, within the limits of the municipality or cantonment, "to 

 possess or sell during the breeding season any wild bird or other animal of 

 game which has recently been killed or taken ;" and '* to import its plumage or 

 fur into the said limits during the said season." The definitions of wild birds 

 and of other animals of game, however, as well as the periods of the close 

 season, vary considerably in different localities. 



The most representative list is that drawn up by the Ahmedabad Munici- 

 pality in 1901, which was subsequently adopted by practically all the Munici- 

 palities of Gujarat, as well as by many in the Southern Maratha country. In 

 Ahmedabad, " other animal of game " means a hare, and its breeding season 

 extends from May 1st to October 1st in each year. " Wild birds," with their 

 close times, are as shown below. " ^Vild Goose " presumably refers to the 

 Cotton Teal. 



(xrey, black or 



painted Partridge. 



Quail 



^ 



> 



Painted Snipe. 



Wild Duck. 



Wild Goose. 



Peacock. J 



Large white Heron. 



Lesser white Heron 

 or smaller Egret. 



Little black-billed 1 

 white Heron or )• 

 little Egret. J 



Cattle Egret. 



Common or blue He- 

 ron. 



Pond Heron. 

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Close time. 



From 15th March to loth 

 September. 



From 1st May to 1st Sep- 

 tember. 



Herod/as alba 

 Herod/as intermedia 



Ilerodias garzetta 



Buhulcus coromandns 

 Ardea cinerea 



Ardeola grayi 



From 1st 

 October. 



April to 1st 



Y 



From 1st April to 1st 

 November. 



