Birds as Food 
in January 1915 the Imperial authorities 
decreed a prolongation of the open season 
for PHEASANTS. Ordinarily the season closed 
on February ist ; the newregulation extended 
the date to March ist. The same decree 
abolished, for the duration of the War, cer- 
tain restrictions on the sale and shipment of 
GAME shot in the province of Hanover, which 
abounds in well-stocked preserves, including 
several of the Kaiser’s favourite shooting- 
boxes (Datly Mail, 11.1.15). The Grand 
Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz gave orders 
that GAME in his forests was no longer to be 
exported but that it was to be reserved 
exclusively for sale within the Duchy or 
given to hospitals, and orders were issued to 
shoot more GAME than usual (K6lmutsche 
Zeitung, 8.x.15). In May 1916 the German 
Government ordered CRows, SPARROWS, STAR- 
LINGS, STORKS and Rooks to be killed for 
food (Westminster Gazette, 13.v.16), and the 
retail price of a Rook at this period is alleged 
to have varied from Is. to 1s. 6d.(Daily Mail, 
1Q.Vil.1I7). 
As regards Great Britain: a Bill was 
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