246 HILLSIDE, ROCK, AND DALE 



LAPWINGS NEST 



It seems easy to 

 get the County Coun- 

 cils to issue bills for 

 the protection of 

 birds, but it is the 

 greatest difficulty to 

 get them to enforce 

 their reasonable com- 

 mands in a way which 

 would be of service. 

 In several places bird- 

 catching goes on un- 

 checked, very much 

 the same as if there 

 was no Wild Birds' 

 Protection Act in 

 existence. If bird- 

 lovers would en- 

 deavour to get the 

 offenders prosecuted 

 they would be doing 

 much towards efficient 

 protection. In a dis- 

 trict in Yorkshire 

 several naturalists 

 endeavoured to get 

 their County Council 

 to protect certain rare 



