PRESERVATION OF BIRDS AND HARMLESS WILD ANIMALS 

 IN MALCOLMPBTH (MAHABLESHWAR). 



The following correspondence lias passed between the Government of 

 Bombay and tlie Bombay Natui-al History Society on tbe subject of the 

 preservation of birds and harmless wild animals in Malcolmpeth (Maha- 

 bleshwar) : — • 



No. 3186 of 1892. 



General Department, 



Bombay Castle, 8t.h Septemler, 1892. 

 To 



H. M. PHlPSOxN, Esq., 



Honorary Secretary, 



Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay'. 



Sir, — I am directed by His Excellency the Governor in Council to forward 

 herewith a copy of the Rules which the Municipality of Malcolmpeth wishes to 

 be notified under Section 2 of the Wild Birds Protection Act XX. of 1887, and 

 to request that you will be so good as to favour Government vdth the opinion 

 of the Committee of the Bombay Natural History Society as to the terms of 

 the proposed notifj.catiou — ( 1 ) as regards the birds and animals referred to, and 

 (2) as regards the periods of "breeding season" specified in the proposed Rules . 

 The pi-incipal birds at Mahableshwar are, I am to state, the Bulbul, Spurfowl, 

 Junglefowl, Paradise Fly-catcher, Blackbird, and Golden Oriole. 



2, I am also to ask whether the Committee would recommend any addition 

 to, or alteration of, the Rules, and to request the favour of an early reply. 



1 have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your most obedient Servant, 



C. G. DODGSON, 



Acting Under-Secretary to Government. 



The following Rules are made by the Malcolmpeth Municipality in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of Section 3 of the Wild Birds Protection Act (XX. 

 of 1887) — and with Government Notification No. 921, dated 10th March, 1891, 

 published at page 239 of the Bombay Government Gazette, dated 12th idem, 

 Part I. — declaring the provisions of the said Section to apply to — 



1. Sambur, 



2. Deer, including Bhekor and Pisora. 



3. Hares. 



I. For the purposes of the said Act in its application to the Municipality of 

 Malcolmpeth — 



(a) " Wild Birds " mean all birds, excepting Wild Duck, Snipe, Quail, and 

 birds of prey (excepting all Hawks and Kites). 



