50 THE GROUSE 



of certain birds are similarly made sacred, 

 and the Act is enforceable by fines on 

 conviction. The island of St. Kilda is 

 exempted from the Wild Birds' Protection 

 Acts, for there the support of the inhabit- 

 ants is derived chiefly from the capture 

 of sea-gulls, which breed in innumerable 

 flocks on this rocky island, and afford both 

 food and merchandise to their captors. 

 The Secretary of State may by order vary 

 or extend the close period under these 

 Acts, a power which has from time to 

 time been exercised, generally to amplify 

 the protected list. 



The following list comprises the wild 

 birds with their eggs protected in the 

 county of Inverness, which may be taken 

 as typical of the general application of 

 this law : — 



WILD BIRDS 1 PROTECTION ORDER 



1908 

 COUNTY OF INVERNESS 



The "Wild Birds 1 Protection Act, 1880, 11 shall 

 apply to the following Wild Birds as if they had 



