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to the following species of wild bird in the same 

 manner as if those species of wild bird were 

 included in the schedule to the Act, viz. : Bearded 

 tit (reedling or reed pheasant), buzzard, chaffinch, 

 hawfinch, hobby, honey buzzard, Kentish plover, 

 kestrel, martin, merlin, moorhen, osprey, peregrine 

 falcon, swallow, swift, turtledove, wryneck. IV. — 

 The time during which the killing and taking of 

 wild birds is prohibited by the Act of 1880 shall, 

 except as regards the common wild duck, be varied 

 throughout the County of Kent so as to be from the 

 1st day of March to the 12th day of August in each 

 year. A separate order has been made by the Secre- 

 tary of State under the said Acts applying to so 

 much of the County of Kent as is within the Metro- 

 politan Police District. — Dated March nth, 1896. 



Kirkcudbright and Wigtown. — The taking or 

 destroying of the eggs of the birds named in the 

 Order for Dumfriesshire is prohibited for a period of 

 one year, from June 1st, 1895. — Dated May, 1895. 



Lincolnshire. — The taking or destroying of 

 the eggs of the following species of wild birds, 

 viz. : sheldrake, sea-pie or oyster catcher, ringed 

 dotterel, arctic, common and lesser terns, redshank 

 and common sandpiper, is prohibited within the 

 following area within the administrative County of 

 the Ports of Lindsay, Lincolnshire, viz. : the sea 

 coast, sandhills, dunes, waste lands, fitties, fore- 

 shore and warrens, situate between the sea and 

 the land side of the sea wall, embankment, ditch, 

 quick fence, or other artificial boundary separating 

 the same from the cultivated land. This Order came 

 into force June 10th, 1895. — Dated May 10th, 1895. 



Lincolnshire (Kesteven). — I. — The Wild Birds 

 Protection Act, 1880, shall apply within the 

 administrative County of the parts of Kesteven, 

 Lincolnshire, to the following wild birds, viz. : 

 Kestrel, merlin, hobby, common buzzard, honey 

 buzzard, swallow, house martin, sand martin, swift 

 and wryneck, as if those species were included in 

 the Schedule to the Act. II. — The taking or de- 

 stroying of the eggs of the following wild birds is 

 prohibited within the administrative County of the 

 parts of Kesteven, Lincolnshire, viz. : Goldfinch, 

 kingfisher, nightjar, nightingale, owls (of all speciesj, 

 ruff or reeve, woodpecker, kestrel, merlin, hobby, 

 common buzzard, honey buzzard, swallow, house 

 martin, sand martin, swift, wryneck, teal and wild 

 ducks (of all species). — Dated January 3rd, 1896. 



Middlesex. — I. — The Wild Birds Protection 

 Act, 1880, shall apply within the County of 

 Middlesex to the wryneck (cuckoo's mate or snake 

 bird), swallow martin (2), swift, bearded tit (reedling 

 or reed pheasant), shrikes, kestrel, merlin, hobby, 

 buzzard, honey buzzard, osprey and magpie, as if 

 those species were included in the Schedule to the 

 said Act. II. — The taking or destroying of the eggs 

 of the following wild birds is prohibited within the 

 County of Middlesex, viz. : nightingale, goldfinch, 



lark, nightjar, woodpeckers, kingfisher, cuckoo, 

 owls, kestrel, buzzard, honey buzzard, merlin, 

 hobby, osprey, wryneck (cuckoo's mate or snake 

 bird), swallow, martins (2), swift, bearded tit 

 (reedling or reed pheasant), shrikes, magpie, wheat- 

 ear, stonechat, winchat, red start, flycatchers, 

 sedge warbler, reed warbler, black cap, garden 

 warbler, wood warbler, willow warbler, chiff-chaff, 

 white throat, lesser white throat, longtailed tit, 

 nuthatch, wren, golden-crested wren, wagtails (4), 

 hawfinch, linnet, buntings (3), starling, landrail or 

 corncrake, and coot. — Dated January 29th, 1896. 



Norfolk. — In the County of Norfolk : I. — The 

 taking or destroying of the eggs of any species of 

 wild bird is prohibited for a period of one year, 

 from May 1st, 1895, within specified areas (which 

 include Hickling and neighbouring broads with 

 surrounding country to the sea shore, and the 

 series of broads known as Ormesby, Rollesby, 

 Hemsby, Filby and Burgh Broads). II. — The 

 taking or destroying of the eggs of any species of 

 wild bird is prohibited for a period of one year, 

 from May 1st, 1895, within a further specified 

 area — namely, the whole of the foreshore . . . . 

 from the estuary sluice at North Wootton to the 

 eastern boundary of the parish of Cley-next-the-sea. 

 III. — The taking or destroying of the eggs of the 

 following species of wild birds is prohibited 

 throughout the entire County of Norfolk, viz. : 

 (1) The bearded titmouse or reed pheasant. (2) 

 The crossbill. (3) The white or barn owl. (4) 

 Wild ducks and teal of all species. (5) The 

 Norfolk plover, stone curlew or thicknee. (6) 

 Ruff or reeve. (7) The ring dotterel, ring plover 

 or stone runner. (8) Oyster catcher or sea-pie. 

 (9) The terns, sea swallows, pearls or dipears, all 

 species. (10) The great crested grebe or loon. 

 IV.— The Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, 

 shall apply within the County of Norfolk to the 

 bearded titmouse or reed pheasant and the cross- 

 bill as if these two species of wild birds had been 

 included in the Schedule to the said Act. This 

 Order came into operation on May 1st, 1895. — 

 Dated April 8th, 1895. 



Northamptonshire. — I. — The Wild Birds Pro- 

 tection Act, 1S80, shall apply within the w-hole 

 County of Northampton to the heron, hawks 

 (buzzard, honey buzzard, kestrel, merlin, hobby, 

 osprey and hen-harrier), nuthatch, wryneck, as if 

 those species were included in the Schedule to that 

 Act. II.— The time during which the taking and 

 killing of wild birds is prohibited shall, so far as 

 regards the heron, be extended so as to be from 

 March 1st to September 1st. III.— The taking 

 and destroying of the eggs of the goldfinch, hawks 

 (buzzard, honey buzzard, kestrel, merlin, hobby, 

 osprey and hen-harrier), kingfisher, nightingale, 

 nightjar (goat-sucker, night hawk or fern owl), 

 nuthatch, owls, sandpiper (summer snipe), wood- 



