SESSION 1895-96. 



XXV 



by the County Council of the Administrative County of Hertford, I hereby make 

 the followinc: Order : — 



1. The time durinio^ which the killino; or taking of Wild Birds is proliiI)ited 

 shall be varied tln-oughout the County of Hertford, so as to be from the 1 5th day 

 of February to the loth day of August in each year. 



2. The "Wild Birds rrotection Act, 1880," shall apply within so much of 

 the County of Hertford as is within the Metropolitan Police District to the 

 following species of Wild Birds in the same manner as if those species were 

 included in the Schedule to the Act : — 



Shrikes, f^'}^' (2), ^^^^^^^^ 



^r^rel, Bearded Tit, ^^^^^^ ^''''^'^' 



^^i-yneck, ,, ,. ' Osprey, 



Swallow, ^'■^^:^ Magpie. 



3. The taking or destroying of the eggs of the following species of Wild Birds 

 is prohibited within so much of the County of Hertford as is within the Metro- 

 politan Police District : — 



Nightingale, 



Goldfinch, 



Lark, 



Nightjar, 



Woodpeckers, 



Kingfisher, 



Cuckoo, 



Owls, 



Shrikes, 



Kestrel, 



Wryneck, 



Swallow, 



Martins (2), 



Swift, 



Bearded Tit, 



Merlin, 

 Hobby, 

 Buzzard, 

 Honey Buzzard, 

 Osprey, 

 Magpie, 

 Wheatear, 

 Stonechat, 

 Whinchat, 

 Redstart, 

 Flycatchers (2), 

 Sedge Warbler, 

 Reed Warbler, 

 Blackcap, 

 Garden Warbler, 

 Wood Warbler, 



Willow Warbler, 



Chiffchaff, 



Whitethroat, 



Lesser Whitethroat, 



Longtailed Tit, 



Nuthatch, 



Wren, 



Golden-crested Wren, 



Wagtails (4), 



Hawfinch, 



Liuuet, 



Buutiugs (3), 



Starling, 



Landrail or Corncrake, 



Coot. 



4. The taking or destroying of the eggs of the following species of Wild Birds 



is prohibited within so much of the County of Hertford as is not within the 



Metropolitan Police District : — 



Nightjar, p r-,. 



Woodpeckers, t. j ' 



f • c 1, Buzzard, 



Kmgnsher, tt t^ j 



r, i" Honey Buzzard, 



' H blv 



Stone Curlew, -.f ,- 



Grebes Merhn, 



^^^^''^' Kestrel. 

 Heron, 



Nightingale, 



Goldfinch, 



Hawfinch, 



Wr)'neck, 



Tree Creeper, 



Nuthatch, 



5. The "Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880," shall apply within so much of 

 the County of Hertford as is not within the Metropolitan Police District to the 

 following species of Wild Birds in the same manner as if those species were 

 included in the Schedule to the Act : — 



, Given under my hand at Whitehall, this .5th day of February, 1896. 



(Signed) M. W. RIDLEY. 



VOL. IX. — PART VII. 



