THE WILD BIRDS PROTECTION 



ACT, 1880. 



Thh folio-wing is a conoiae summary of the chief 

 provisions of this Act. '• Wild birds " as need in 

 this Act includes all wild birds. Any person who 

 between March Ist and August 1st knowingly and 

 wUfully shoots, or attempts to shoot, or uses a 

 boat for the purpose of shooting, any wild bird, or 

 who uses line, trap, snare, or net, &c., for the pur- 

 pose of taking any wild bird, oi- exposes or offers 

 for sale, or has in his possesion or control af car 

 March 15th, any wild bird recently killed or taken, 

 shall pay a penally of £1, or under, for every wild 

 bird (of those included in the schedule to the Act) 

 in respect of which offence has been committed, 

 and shall in respect of other wild birds be repri- 

 manded and pay costs on first offence, and pay 

 penalty of 53. and under for subsequent offences, 

 unless such person can prove that the wild birds 

 were either taken, <fcc., during lawful periods, or 

 received from abroad. " This section shall not 

 apply to the owner or occupier of any land, or any 

 person authorised by the owner or occupier of any 

 land, killing or taking any wild bird on such land, 

 not includwi in the schedule to the Act." 



Section 4 imposes a penalty for refusing to give 

 name and address. 



Section 5 provides for the manner in which 

 offences are lo be prosecuted. 



Section 6 extends the jurisdiction as to offences 

 nnder the Act to seas within the Admiralty juris- 

 diction. 



Section 8 empowers " One of Her Majesty's 

 principal Secretaries of State as to Great Britain 

 and the Lord Lieutenant as to Ireland," upon 

 application of the justices in quarter session 

 assembled, of any county, to extend or vary the 

 close time. 



Section 9 makes similar provision for the 

 exemption of any county, or part of a county, 

 from the operation of the Act. 



The Act of 1881 adds the Lark to the schedule of 

 protected birds, and removes a doubt as to the 

 liability of persons exposing wild birds for sale 

 during the close season by enacting that a person 

 shall not be liable to conviction if he proves (1) 

 That the wild bird exposed for sale was killed law- 

 fully as to the time when, and the person by whom 

 it was killed ; or (2) That the wild bird was killed 

 at some place to which the Act does not extend, 

 importation from such a place to be prima facie 

 evidence of this. 



SCHEDULE. 



American Quail. 

 Auk. 

 Avucet. 

 Bee-eattr. 

 Bittern. 

 Bonxie. 

 Colin. 



Cornish Chough. 

 Coulterneb. 

 Cuckoo. 

 Curlew. 

 Diver. 

 Dotterel. 

 Dunbird. 

 Dunlin. 

 Eider Duck. 

 Fern Owl. 

 Fulmar. 

 Gannet. 

 Goatsucker, 

 God wit. 

 Goldfinch. 

 Grebe. 

 Greenshank. 

 Guillemot. 

 Gull (except Black- 

 backed Gull). 



Hoopoe. 



King-fisher. 



Xittiwake. 



Lapwing. 



Lark. 



Loon. 



Mallard. 



Marrot. 



Merganser, 



Murre. 



Night-hawk. 



Night-jar. 



Nightingale. 



Oriole. 



Owl. 



Ox-bird. 



Oyster-catcher, 



Peewit. 



Petrel. 



Phalarope, 



Plover. 



Ploverspage. 



Pochard. 



Puffin. 



Purre. 



Razorbill. 



Redshank. 



Reeve or RufE, 



Roller. 



Sanderling. 



Sandpiper. 



Scout. 



Sea Lark. 



Sea Mew. 



Sea Parrot. 



Sea Swallow. 



Shearwater, 



Shelldrake. 



Shoveller. 



Skua. 



Smew. 



Snipe. 



Solan Goose, 



Spoonbill. 



St-nt. 



Stone Curlew 

 Stonehatch. _ 



Summer Snij 



Tarrock. 



Teal. 



Tern. 



Thick-knee. 



Tystey. 



Whaup. 



Whimbrel. 



Widgeon. 



Wild Duck. 



Willock. 



Woodcock. 



Woodpecker. 



