i;A:Mii AND i;iKi) priiti-xtidn. 525 



Iiiif/lisli Cuiiniioii Xoiiiciuiiitiir( . Si-iriiti/iL' Xoiiicnrhitiirc. 



]!lack-\vin,t;ed Pratincole. Glarcola nicknioMcra. 



Red-vvingcd Pratiuci)lc. Glarcola fuse a. 



Dikkop or Thickknce. (Ediciiciiius caf-ciisis. 



Writer Dikkop. (Hdiciicnnis iwinicuUiliis. 



Burchell's Courser. Ciirsoriiis nifiis. 



Two-lianded Courser. Rliiuoptilus africanits. 



Crdwned Lapwing. Strfl'i^'U'l^y-^' coronatiis. 



lilacksmith Plover. Hopiof^lcras sj'cciosus. 



Cape Province. — In the Cai)e I^'ovince birds and their eggs 

 are protected by enactment of the Provincial Council tinder 

 Section 85 of the South Africa Act, 1909, at the re(]uest of any 

 nninicii)ality. IJirds were accordingly })rotected for a term of 

 three years in the following town lands : Aliwal N'jrth. Aber- 

 deen, Beaufort West, Bedford. Butterworth. and the native loca- 

 tions. Cathcart, Ceres. Cradock, Cambridge. Ca]:)C. East London. 

 Kinp'williamstOA\n. Komeha. Alaraisburg, ]\Ionta"ti, Mount 

 Ayliff. Port St. John's. \\'orcester, \\"almcr (Port Elizabeth). 

 in all of which the various protected birds are scheduled, and 

 Qtieenstown (all birds). In the Cape Province generallx' and 

 the Transkeian Territories, all tlie so-called locust Ijirds are ])ro- 

 tected. It is to be ho])ed that when the three vears 

 expire the ]jrotection -will be extended for a further term. 

 A Committee of the South African ( )rnithologists' Union might 

 be formed and empowered to go through the schedules and cor- 

 rect them as far as they can do so with the ])resent l^now ledge 

 at our disposal. Under the Game Laws flamingoes are i)rotected 

 throughout the Ca]ie Province until 25th May. 1916. ( lame 

 birds are protected l)v close seasons in the various di-itricts. 

 which vary for each district, and so in sonie cases l\v total pro- 

 hibition for a term of years. 



NatCiJ. — The species of guinea-fowl, francolin and Inistard 

 (korhaan). and dikko]) are included in Schedule A (^ordinary 

 game) of the Natal Ordinance (No. 2, 1912). whereby they are 

 protected by the same close season as small game. 



The plovers are better protected under Schedule B ('s])ecially 

 l)rotected game), while the crested and Stanley cranes are in- 

 cluded in Schedule C, royal game. The young or eggs of game 

 birds are protected by paragraph 22 of Proclamation Xo. 221 

 of 13th November. igi2. 



Proclamation No. 33 of 1896 specially protected " certain 

 insectivora and other wild birds." The schedule includes the 

 locust birds, white stork, tick bird (red-billed ox-])ecker). swal- 

 lows, and wagtails. 



Proclaiuation No. 200 of 23rd October, 191 2. protects a 

 long list of genera] titility birds as well as their eggs, and 

 includes seed-eaters, barbets. bee-eaters, cuckoos, egrets, hoop- 

 cos, ground hornbills, gallinules, herons, hammerkoj^s, fly- 

 catchers, flamingoes, and the species of ibis. 



It will thus been seen that Natal and Cai:ie Province are 

 ahead of the other two Provinces so far as bird protection is 

 concerned. 



