44 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
(IV.) A certain area is described, within which all wild 
birds’ eggs are protected ; and also a list is given of 
birds, the eggs of which are protected throughout the 
entire county. 
The time during which the orders remain in foree varies in 
different counties. In some, it is limited to a period of one, three, 
or five years, and is renewable; in others, no limit is given, the 
Act in such cases holding good till it is modified or repealed. On 
examination of the schedules, we find some of the lists of birds 
are made out with no great ornithological knowledge, while in 
others it is easy to trace the revising pen of an expert. All differ 
more or less with regard to the species selected for protection, 
according to the geographical position of the several counties and 
other local and traditional causes, but there are certain families 
and individuals which have a prominent position in all. 
There is an almost unanimous opinion in favour of all species 
of Owls. In one county (Oxfordshire) the eggs of “the Owls” are 
alone protected. Eagles, Hawks, and Falcons are also well 
looked after, especially the Kestrel and Buzzards, which appear 
on nearly every list ; but the Sparrow Hawk appears on none. 
Among the Corvide, the Raven and Magpie have no friends in 
Scotland, but in England each can reckon on five counties willing 
to spare their eggs, while Midlothian and Haddington alone in 
Great Britain offer protection to the Jay. The Carrion and 
Hooded Crows and the Jackdaw receive no mention; the only 
sure refuge for these and other birds omitted from the lists is, 
therefore, within areas where the eggs of all birds are protected. 
Such general favourites as the Skylark, Goldfinch, and King- 
fisher, and all Warblers, also Woodpeckers and the Titmouse 
family, are made as safe as possible. In Scotland, several counties 
have inserted a separate clause for the protection of Lapwings’ 
eggs after the 15th April in each year. 
We are glad to miss none of our rare and local nesting birds on 
those lists in which we expect to find them, such as the Chough, 
the Golden Oriole, the Kite, and the Kentish Plover; and, in 
addition, we notice that several vagrant visitors, which formerly 
nested with us, are promised a welcome should they care to do so 
again. Eggs of the Great Bustard were taken in the neighbour- 
hood of Thetford within the last sixty years, and Suffolk, bearing 
