GAME LAWS 183 



BIRDS AND WILD RABBIT OR HARE. 



No person shall hunt, kill, purchase or have In his possession any ptarmigan 

 or willow-grouse, commonly called partridge, or the eggs of any such birds 

 within this Colony between the 15th day of December and the 20th day of 

 September in any year under a penalty of not exceeding one hundred dollars, or 

 imprisonment not exceeding three months. Provided it shall not be held 

 unlawful to sell, etc., or have possession of such birds where the party shall 

 prove that the said birds were killed between the 20th day of September and 

 the 1 5th day ot December in any year. 



It shall be unlawful for any person to export from this Colony for sale as 

 an article of commerce, any willow or other grouse or partridge, under a penalty 

 of five dollars for each bird so exported. 



No person shall hunt, etc., sell, purchase or have in his possession any 

 curlew, plover, snipe or other wild or migratory birds (except wild geese) or 

 eggs of any such birds within the Colony between the 1 5th day of December 

 and the 20th day of September in each year, under a penalty of not less than 

 $25 nor exceeding $100, or, in defeult of payment, of imprisonment not 

 exceeding three months. 



No person shall trap or snare any wild Rabbit or Hare between the ist day 

 of March and the 20th day of September in any year under a penalty of not less 

 than $25 and not exceeding $100, or imprisonment not exceeding three months. 



Any person except a traveller on a journey found on Sunday carrying 

 firearms, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding forty dollars, and in default of 

 payment, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one month. 



Any person, except a traveller on a journey, found on the shooting grounds 

 carrying firearms with or without dogs between the 15th day of December and 

 the 1st day of October, where such game is known to frequent shall be subject 

 to a fine not exceeding fitty dollars, and in default of payment, to imprisonment 

 for a period not exceeding one month. 



No person shall hunt, kill, wound, take, sell, barter, purchase, receive or 

 give away, or have in his possession, any Capercailzie or Black Game, or the 

 eggs of any such birds within this Colony, at any time from the 12th day of 

 October, 1907, to the 12th day of October, 191 7, under a penalty not exceeding 

 one hundred dollars and costs, and in default of payment, to imprisonment not 

 exceeding two months. 



The following description of the birds is published for general information : 

 The Capercailzie Cock is a large bird weighing from seven to twelve pounds, of 

 dark blue plumage, but white trom the crown downwards and with white spots 

 on the upper wing coverts. The Black Cock, which is larger than the Partridge, 

 is also of dark blue plumage, with white feathers under the tail and wings. 

 The hens of both species are colour of the local Partridge in early summer 

 — a light brown. 



Nothing contained in these Rules and Regulations shall extend to any poor 

 settler who shall kill any birds (except those prohibited for a term of years from 

 being killed) for his immediate consumption or that of his family. 



