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VI. Protection. 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880.—These birds do not appear in the Schedule, but 
have been added in the following counties :— 
Pied Wagtail_—Enauanp: Lancaster, Bucks, Chester (Hundred of Wirrall), Leicester, 
Rutland, Stafford, West Suffolk, Worcester, Isle of Wight. Wats: Brecon. 
Grey Wagtail—Eneuanp: Lancaster, Bucks, Leicester, Rutland, Stafford, West 
Suffolk, Wares: Brecon. 
Yellow Wagtail—Enetanp: Lancaster, Bucks, Chester (Hundred of Wirrall), 
Leicester, Rutland, Stafford, 
West Suffolk, Worcester, 
Isle of Wight. Watzs: 
Brecon. Scortanp : Berwick. 
White Wagtail.— Eneuanp: 
Leicester, Rutland, Stafford, 
West Suffolk. 
In these Counties any owner or 
occupier, or other person, taking, 
killing, ete., any of these birds during 
close season,* or possessing or selling 
one of them after 15th March, is liable 
to a penalty of £1 for each bird. In 
any other place anyone other than the 
owner or occupier of land, or his 
agent, taking, killing, etc., any Wagtail 
during close season, or possessing or 
selling a Wagtail after 15th March, is 
liable to a penalty of 5s. for each PIED WAGTAIL. 
bird. 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894.—The eggs are protected (1897) in the following 
counties :— 
All Species. —Enetanp: Durham, Leicester, West Suffolk, Metropolitan Police District 
(including London and Middlesex). Wars: Pembroke. Scornanp: Orkney. 
Pied Wagtail— Waters: Brecon. 
Yellow Wagtail—Wates: Brecon. Scornanp: Berwick. 
White Wagtail.—Enentanp: Devonshire. 
In the above places any owner or occupier, or other person, taking or destroying the 
eggs of these birds is lable to a penalty of £1 for each egg. 
Wild Birds Protection Act, 1896.—In addition to any penalty under the Act of 1880, 
the Court may now order any trap, net, snare, etc., used by the offender, to be forfeited. 
~ All Wagtails are protected throughout fhe whole year in the counties of London, 
Middlesex, Essex (M.P. District and Parishes of Epping, Theydon Bois, etc.), and the 
Boroughs of Cardiff and Kingston-upon-Hull. 
VII. Remarks. 
The true way to induce in young people a kindly feeling towards animals is surely to 
teach them to notice their habits, and to learn something about them. Among birds the 
Wagtails, like the Swallow tribe, form a convenient group for this purpose. They are 
comparatively tame and trustful; they are conspicuous, especially in the breeding season ; 
they are most beautiful in shape ‘and in gesture. Their common characteristics are strongly 
* Generally from Ist March to 31st July—but in some counties from Ist February to 3lst Augus in 
each year. A further period may be obtained through the Act of 1896. 
