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Devonshire. — I. — The taking or destroying of 

 the eggs of any species of wild bird is prohibited 

 for the period of 1S96 to 1900, both years inclusive, 

 within the following area: — (1) Lundy Island and 

 the neighbouring islets. (2) Baggy Point district 

 (area specified). (3) Lynton district, parishes of 

 Lynton and Countisbury. (4) Slapton Ley and 

 Start district. II. — The taking or destroying of 

 the eggs of the following species of wild birds is 

 prohibited throughout the entire County of Devon, 

 viz. : the ring ouzel, wheatear, whinchat, redstart, 

 nightingale, black-headed warbler, garden warbler, 

 Dartford warbler, fire-crest, wood warbler, reed 

 warbler, grasshopper warbler, dipper, nuthatch, 

 white wagtail, golden oriole, pied flycatcher, gold- 

 finch, hawfinch, common cross-bill corn bunting, 

 cirl bunting, reed bunting, rose-coloured pastor, 

 chough, raven, woodlark, nightjar, great spotted 

 woodpecker, kingfisher, lesser spotted woodpecker, 

 green woodpecker, hoopoe, barn owl, long- 

 eared owl, tawny owl, marsh harrier, hen harrier, 

 Montagu's harrier, buzzard, kite, honey buzzard, 

 peregrine falcon, hobby, merlin, kestrel, osprey, 

 gannet, little bittern, night heron, bittern, rock- 

 dove, quail, oyster catcher, woodcock, common 

 snipe, dunlin, green sandpiper, lesser black-backed 

 gull, greater black-backed gull, razorbill and 

 common guillemot. III. — The Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act, 18S0, shall apply within the County 

 of Devon to the bearded titmouse, nuthatch, 

 Richard's pipit, water pipit, mealy redpoll, lesser 

 redpoll, snow bunting, nutcracker, buzzard, honey 

 buzzard, hobby, merlin, kestrel and osprey, as if 

 those species were included in the Schedule to the 

 said Act. — Dated November 27th, 1895. Cormo- 

 rants and shags within the limits of the River 

 Exe are exempted. 



Dumfriesshire. — The taking or destroying the 

 eggs of the following species of wild birds is pro- 

 hibited throughout the entire County of Dumfries 

 for a period of one year from the 1st day of June, 

 1895, viz - '■ buzzard, goldfinch, great crested grebe, 

 common gull, black-headed gull, kingfisher, kestrel, 

 barn owl, tawny owl, long-eared owl, short-eared 

 owl, oyster catcher, ringed plover, pochard, sheld- 

 duck, shoveller, great spotted woodpecker, cross- 

 bill, dipper, siskin, skylark, tufted duck, osprey, 

 nightjar, chough, quail. The Wild Birds Protection 

 Act, 18S0, shall apply within the County of Dumfries 

 to the following species of wild birds as if they had 

 been included in the Schedule to the said Act, viz. : 

 Buzzard, kestrel, crossbill, dipper, siskin, tufted 

 duck, osprey, quail. — Dated May, 1895. 



Glamorganshire. — Prohibiting the taking or 

 destroying of the eggs of the kingfisher and gold- 

 finch in any part of the County of Glamorgan. — 

 Dated March 12th, 1895. 



Huntingdonshire. — I. — The Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act of 1SS0, shall apply to the linnet, the 



nuthatch and the swallow, as if those species were 

 included in the Schedule to the Act. II. — The 

 taking or destroying of the eggs of the kingfisher, 

 the nightingale, the nuthatch, the owl, the wild 

 duck and the woodpecker, is prohibited within 

 the whole of the County of Huntingdon. — Dated 

 June 25th, 1895. 



Kent. — I. — The taking or destroying of wild 

 birds' eggs is prohibited within the following areas 

 in the County of Kent for the space of two years 

 from March 20th, 1S96. (1) So much of the Isle 

 of Sheppey (including therein Elmley Island) as 

 lies south of the road running from Queenborough 

 through Eastchurch to Warden Point. (2) So 

 much of the Sittingbourne and Sheerness Railway 

 as lies between Kingsferry and the Sittingbourne 

 Railway Station, and bounded on the south by the 

 London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, from 

 Sittingbourne Railway Station to Whitstable 

 Railway Station, and bounded on the east by the 

 main road from Whitstable Station to the sea, and 

 bounded on the north by the Swale and Whitstable 

 Bay. (3) The west by the Minster and Deal Branch 

 of the South-Eastern Railway from Minster Railway 

 Station to Deal Railway Station, and bounded on 

 the south by the road from Deal Railway Station to 

 Deal Pier, and bounded on the east by the sea, and 

 bounded on the north by the South Eastern 

 Railway from Minster Station to Ramsgate 

 Station. (4) East and south of the main road 

 from Walmer through Dover to Folkestone from 

 the point where such road passes through the 

 southern boundary of the Walmer Urban District 

 to the point where such road enters the Borough 

 of Folkestone, such area being bounded on the 

 east and south by the sea, and on the north 

 by the Walmer Urban District, and on the 

 south by the Borough of Folkestone. (5) South 

 and west of the main road which runs from 

 Appledore Railway Station through Snargate, 

 Brenzett, and Old Romney to New Romney 

 Station, and thence to Littlestone-on-Sea, such 

 area being bounded on the north-west by the 

 Royal Military Canal from Appledore Railway- 

 Station to the Sussex boundary, and bounded on 

 the south-west by the Sussex boundary, and on the 

 south and east by the sea. II. — The taking or 

 destroying of the eggs of the following species of 

 wild birds is prohibited within so much of the 

 County of Kent as is not within the Metropolitan 

 Police District : Bearded tit (reedling or reed 

 pheasant), buzzard, goldfinch, golden oriole, great 

 plover (thick knee), hawfinch, hobby, honey 

 buzzard, Kentish plover, kestrel, kingfisher, martin, 

 merlin, nightingale, osprey, owl (all species), 

 peregrine falcon, swallow, swift, turtle dove, wry- 

 neck. III.— The Wild Birds Protection Act, 1S80, 

 shall apply within so much of the County of Kent 

 as is not within the Metropolitan Police District 



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