36 NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE. 
7. The whole of the County of Dumfries is hereby 
exempted from the operation of the Act of 1880 as to the 
under-mentioned Birds :— 
Greater Black-backed Gull. Lesser Black-backed Gull. 
Cormorant. 
8. The Wild Birds Protection (County of Dumfries) 
Order, 1920, is hereby revoked. 
g. This Order, which may be cited as ‘‘ The Wild Birds 
Protection (County of Dumfries) Order, 1922,” 
in force until further order. 
Given under my hand and Seal of Office at Whitehall this 
14th day of February, 1922. 
(Signed) ROBERT MUNRO, 
His Majesty’s Secretary for Scotland. 
shall remain 
In terms of the Wild Birds Protection Acts, 1880 to 1908, 
the Joint Committee of the County of Dumfries and 
Burghs hereby give Public Notice of above Order by the 
Secretary for Scotland. 
JOHN ROBSON, Clerk of the Committee. 
County Buildings, 
Dumfries, 16th February, 1922. 
It will be noticed that the local Order of 1908 
(pp. Ixxxvii.-lxxxix.) has been considerably amended by that 
now in force. Several birds have been added to the Schedule, 
others have been protected throughout the whole year and 
the taking of the eggs of a number of additional species has 
been made illegal; the taking of the Lapwing’s eggs has been 
entirely prohibited and the bird itself is protected throughout 
the year; the Greater Black-backed Gull, Lesser Black-backed 
Gull and Cormorant can now be killed at any time of the 
year ; but the most pleasing clause is that prohibiting the tak- 
ing of any wild birds, or their eggs, on all Sundays through- 
out the year. The present Order contains an innovation in 
the last paragraph, in that no definite date is fixed for its 
expiry : it is now simply enacted that ‘‘ this Order of 1922 
shall remain in force until further order.”’ 
On 25th November, 1913, a Departmental Committee 
