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TO PREVENT THE DESTRUCTION OF WINGED GAME, &C. 

 AT IMPROPER SEASONS OF THE YEAR, CHRISTMAS 

 DAY, SUNDAY, &C. 



It is provided by 9 Anne, c. 25, s. 4s that if any person shall, 

 with hays, tunnels, or other nets, destroy, in the moulting season 

 (that is, between the 1st of June and the 1st of October) any 

 wild duck, teal, wigeon, or other water fowl ; such persons shall 

 forfeit five shillings, and the nets, &c. used in taking such fowl 

 to be destroyed.. 



The proper season for shooting grouse (called red game) is 

 from the 12th of August to the 10th of December ; that for 

 heath fowls (commonly called black game) begins on the 20th 

 of August, and ends on the 10th of December ; for bustards 

 the season commences on the 1st of September, and ends on the 

 1st of March. The penalty for destroying any of these birds 

 (by the 13th of Geo. III. .c. 55. s. 2.) buying, or selling, or car- 

 rying, or even having in possession, at any other season of the 

 year, is any sum not exceeding twenty, nor less than ten pounds, 

 for the first offence ; for every subsequent offence, a sum not 

 exceeding thirty pounds, nor less than twenty. One half the 

 penalty to be paid to the informer, and the other to the poor of 

 the parish ; to be levied by distress, if not immediately paid : and 

 in case no distress is to be had, the offender to be committed to 

 the house of correction, and kept to hard labour for any period 

 nor exceeding six months, nor less than three. However, by 



the 3d of Geo. III. c. 112. the season for black game in the 

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