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Close time. 



Large Egret Herodiaa torra ... ~| 



XT- i-+ xT^„^. \T f • I From 1st April to 1st 



Night Heron Nychcorax gnseus ... [> '^ 



Crested Grebe Podiceps crhtatus ... j November. 



Bustard ... Eupodotis edwardsi ... From 1st May to 1st Sep- 



tember. 



This list has been followed by every Municipality in Gujarat which has 

 issued rules. It has also been appropriated, with slight vaiiations, by the 

 Municipal Corporation of Bombay. The latter body substitutes for the 

 Bustard and Crested Grebe, the Coot and Water-hen. with a close time extend- 

 ing from April 1st to October 1st ; while it ascribes a similar breeding season 

 to the Herons and Egrets, and protects the Partridges and Quails from April 

 l3t to September 1st. Of the other localities which will interest the Bombay 

 sportsman, practically all the municipalities of the Thana District follow the 

 Ahmedabad list. Bandra alone, in the pride of ornithological knowledge, strikes 

 out a line of its own, omits the Bustard and Crested Grebe, and casts the mantle 

 of its protection over " Bulbuls '' and " Teals " or ordinarily called " Divers," 

 which, it assures us, breed from April 1st to November 1st. 



Poona has a somewhat different list, including, under " other animai-s of 

 game '' a considerable number of quadrupeds. Birds and beasts alike are all 

 protected fiom June 1st to October 15th of each year. The species are as 

 follows, no scientific names being ascribed : — 



Wild Birds— 

 Bustard. 

 Florican. 

 Peacock, 



Common Sand Grouse. 

 Painted Sand Grouse. 

 Grey Partridge. 

 All species of Quail. 

 Cotton Teal. 

 Whistling Teal. 

 Courier Plover. 



Other Animals of Game — 

 Hare. 



Sambar. 



Rib-faced or Barking Deer. 



Mouse Deer. 



Four-horned Antelope. 



Indian Antelope. 



Indian Gazelle. 



Ahmednagar follows this list, except that its only " animal of game " is the 

 ubiquitous hare. 



The Malcolmpeth Municipality of Mahableshwar deserves special mention , 

 if only for its attempt to protect the great majority of its bird-life, and for its 

 original treatment of the hare. In Mahableshwar, " Wild Bird " includes all 

 but the following : — 



(i) Domestic Poultry. 



(ii) Wild duck. 



(iii) Snipe. 



i^iv) Quail. 



(v) Birds of Prev. 



