328 THE GAME LAWS. 



Hares. To take or kill hares in the night, 201. for first offence, and 30/. 

 for second offence, (13 Geo. III. c. 80 ;) to trace in the snow, or 

 take in snares, 201. or three months* imprisonment, (1 Jam. I; 

 c. 27;) if found setting snares, 10s. or one month's imprison- 

 ment, (22 Cha. II.;) and if disguised, felony, (9 Geo. I. c. 22.) 



Rabbits, to take or kill in warrens in the day time, treble damages, or 

 three months' imprisonment, (22 and 23 Cha. II. c. 25;) if in 

 the night, transportation for seven years, or whipping, fine, or 

 imprisonment, (5 Geo. III.c. 14;) if disguised, capital felony, 

 (9 Geo. I.e. 22.) 



Partridges and Pheasants, to shoot at or kill with gun or bow, or to take 

 with nets, dogs, or engines, 20s. or three months' imprisonment, 

 (1 Jam; I. c. 27; 7 Jam. I. c. 18 ;) if in the night 20s. for 

 every pheasant, and 10s. for every partridge, (23 Eliz; c. 10.) 



_ r . _ C to shoot at or kill with gun or bow, 20s. or three 



Heath Game, Grouse, \ 



_ _ _ < months' imprisonment, ( 1 Jam. I. c. 27 ;) if in 



or Moor Game, ) 



(the night, 51. (9 Ann, c. 25.) 



TIT-/ j -rk W7 j C to shoot at or kill, 20Z. or three months' imprison- 



Wild Ducks, Wild \ 



jment, (1 Jam. I. c. 27;) to take with nets, &c. 



Geese, and other < 



rrr _ )from 31st May to 31st August, 4d. and one 



Water Fowl, i 



\ year's imprisonment. 



Herons, to shoot at or kill, 20s. or one month's imprisonment, (I Jam. 



I. c. 27;) to take the young out of nests, 10s. (19 Hen. VII. 



c. 11;) and to take any heron, except with hawking or long bows, 



6s. 8d. (Ibid.) 

 Pigeons, to shoot at, kill, or destroy, with dogs, nets, &c. 20s. or three 



months' imprisonment, (1 Jam. c. 27; 2 Geo. III. c. 29.) 

 Swans, to steal, whether marked or unmarked, felony. 

 Hawks, to disturb or destroy in their nests, 101. (11 Hen. VII. c. 17;) 



and to steal, felony, (37 Edw. III. c. 19.) 



Wilfully to destroy the eggs of Pheasants or Partridges, 20s. for every 

 egg, or one month's imprisonment, (I Jam. I. c. 27 ;) of Cranes or Bus- 

 tards, 20d.; of Bitterns, Herons, or Shovelards, 8d. ; of Mallards, 

 Teals, or other wild fowl, Id. (25 Hen. VIII. c. 11 ;) of Swans, 20s. 

 (1 Jam. I. c. 27;) or of Falcons, Goss-ha\vks, &c. treble damages and 

 three months' imprisonment, (5 Eliz. c. 21 ; and to take the eggs of any 

 falcon, &c. found upon the party's own lands, incurs fine and imprison- 

 ment for a year and a day, (1 1 Hen. VII. c. 17.) 



