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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  ones 
  to 
  suffer 
  the 
  slow 
  and 
  cruel 
  death 
  by 
  starvation, 
  is 
  really 
  too 
  

   bad 
  ; 
  aud 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  safety 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  close-time, 
  as 
  an 
  advertisement 
  

   in 
  the 
  ' 
  Irish 
  Times 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  15th 
  and 
  16th 
  inst. 
  shows, 
  viz. 
  : 
  " 
  Some 
  

   hundreds 
  Terns 
  (Sea-Swallows) 
  required 
  for 
  stuffing; 
  Gs. 
  per 
  dozen 
  

   given." 
  Is 
  there 
  no 
  way 
  of 
  saving 
  our 
  lovely 
  Terns 
  from 
  such 
  whole- 
  

   sale 
  destruction 
  ? 
  The 
  offer 
  of 
  sixpence 
  each 
  is 
  quite 
  enough 
  to 
  tempt 
  

   idle 
  fellows 
  to 
  shoot 
  them 
  down 
  at 
  the 
  breeding-grounds, 
  and 
  when, 
  

   to 
  my 
  certain 
  knowledge, 
  even 
  on 
  July 
  31st, 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  close- 
  

   season, 
  fully 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  birds 
  will 
  be 
  still 
  unable 
  to 
  fly, 
  

   and 
  in 
  consequence 
  will 
  starve 
  to 
  death 
  if 
  the 
  parents 
  are 
  destroyed. 
  

   The 
  close-season 
  for 
  sea-birds 
  ought 
  to 
  be 
  extended 
  to 
  Sept. 
  1st, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  give 
  time 
  for 
  the 
  late 
  breeding 
  birds 
  to 
  get 
  safe 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  

   breeding-grounds. 
  — 
  Eobert 
  Warren 
  (Moyview, 
  Ballina). 
  

  

  