PROTECT OUR BlUDS. 



It is illegal to kill, wound, destroy, or take any of these birds at any time, or to 

 take out of the nest or to destroy in the nest the young or the eggs of any of these 

 birds ; nor may any person sell or of?er for sale a skin or feather of any protected 

 bird, or any article made therefrom, or in which the same is used. 



The foregoing prohibition also applies to wild geese (Cape Barren geese are wholly 

 •protected) between June 1st and December 20th of eacli year; wild ducks, bus- 

 tards, and native turkeys between August 1st and December 20th ; quail, miner, 

 honey eaters, all kinds of doves, native pigeons, parrots, and all other birds not 

 already mentioned, except unprotected birds, between July 1st to December 20th. 

 Quail are further protected south of Bordertown to March 1st, J early. 



It is also punishable to enter on any land for the purpose or intent of doing any 

 of the before-mentioned illegal acts. Exceptions — Aboriginal natives may take 

 birds or their eggs from Crown lands (except in protected districts and reserves) 

 for food, and any person may keep birds as domestic pets. The owner or occupier 

 of any garden, vineyard, or cultivated crop, may take or kill any bird therein, 

 except those mentioned in the first list above. 



No swivel or punt or other gun or rifle, except such as can be fired from the shoulder, 

 is to be used for shooting game. An ofi'ender not giving his name or address, or 

 giving a false name or address, or not delivering any bird, egg, or gun when required 

 to do so, is guilty of an offence under the Act. 



For any of the before mentioned offences the penalty is as high as £25, and £5 

 for every bird mentioned in the first list, and £2 for cacli bird in the second list 

 killed, wounded, or taken. 



The following birds are not protected, and may be killed or taken at any time, 

 so may their eggs, viz. : — 



Crows. English starlings. 



Wattle birds. English chaffinches. 



Silver eyes. English house sparrows. 



Cormorants. Eosella parrots. 



iSulpliur-crested cockatoos. English blackbirds. 



Hawks. English goldfinches. 



Snipe. Pelicans. 



To assist persons to know the protected birds at sight, so that they may abstain 

 from killing them, illustrations of such birds have been prepared and will appear, 

 with a description of the same, in this pamphlet. Sportsmen, bird nesters, and all 

 who take an interest in our feathered life, are earnestly appealed to not to destroy 

 any of the protected varieties. 



Illustrations have not been made of the magpie, robin, laughing jack, and other 

 familiar birds, as they are known to everyone. The object of giving pictures is to 

 enable the bird to be identified ; this is unnecessary in cases where the bird is well 

 known. Efforts will, however, be made to have a complete list ready for a future 

 edition. 



