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(8) The application by the County Council shall 

 specify the limits of the place or places or 

 otherwise the particular species of wild birds 

 to which it is proposed that any prohibition in 

 the order is to apply and shall set forth the 

 reasons on account of wliich the application is 

 made. 



And by the next section — 



A Secretary of State may, on the representa- 

 tion of a County Council, order that the Act of 

 1880 shall apply within such county or any 

 part or parts thereof to any species of wild 

 bird not included in the Schedule to that Act as 

 if that species of wild bird w^ere included in 

 such Schedule, and on the making of such order 

 that Act shall apply accordingly. 



By section 5 — 



A penalty of not exceeding one pound is im- 

 posed upon any person for every egg of any 

 wild bird which any person shall take or 

 destroy within any area specified in the order 

 or for every egg of any wild bird named in 

 such order. 



This Act applies to England, Scotland, Ireland, 

 and Wales, and has already been taken advantage 

 of by a large number of County Councils, and the 



