SOME POINTS IN LA W 59 



vided that a schedule be prepared for each county of 

 all the wild birds which are supposed to be quite harm- 

 less ; that the owner or occupier of the land, or any one 

 authorised by him, may at any time kill the birds not 

 included in the schedule ; but that no one may kill the 

 scheduled birds between ist March and ist August in 

 each year ; and that no one except such owner or occu- 

 pier or person authorised by either may kill any bird 

 between these dates. 



The keeper will do well, before killing any birds 

 between these dates in order to protect his game, to 

 make sure that such birds are not included in the 

 schedule for his county, by application to the county 

 clerk. Two recent Wild Birds Protection Acts forbid 

 the use of pole-traps or hooks for the purpose of bird- 

 catching. Every person "who on any pole, tree, or 

 cairn of stones or earth shall place any spring trap or 

 gin, calculated to cause bodily injury to any wild bird 

 coming in contact therewith " commits an offence 

 punishable with a fine of forty shillings, or five pounds 

 on a second conviction. Any one who knowingly per- 

 mits it to be done is equally liable. By the Act of 1 908, 

 any person "who shall attempt to take any wild bird 

 by means of a hook or other similar instrument " is made 

 liable to the same penalties. 



"Poaching" dogs and cats. The ordinary game- * 

 keeper has no right to kill a dog or cat which is poaching 

 on the land under his charge. By so doing he makes 

 himself liable to have a civil action brought against him 



