16 WILD BIKD PEOTECTION. 



wild bird included in the schedule, forfeit and 

 pay for every such bird a sum not exceeding 

 one pound and in the case of any other wild 

 bird for the first oifence be reprimanded and 

 pay the costs and for every subsequent oifence 

 forfeit and pay for every such wild bird a sum 

 not exceeding five shillings and the costs. 



The section of the Act above-quoted is not to 

 apply to the owner or occupier of any land or to 

 any person authorised by him kilUng or taking 

 any wild bird on such land not included in the 

 schedule of the Act. By the same Act power is 

 given to a Secretary of State to extend or vary the 

 close time for kilhng or taking wild birds. 



The Schedule contains the names of 85 wild birds, 

 and by a subsequent Act passed in 1881 (44 and 45 

 Vict., c. 51) the Lark has been added to the Schedule. 

 Many of the names of the birds in the Schedule, 

 are, however, local names and others mere synonyms. 

 Many other species would also be included which 

 come under such general names as Owl, Plover,. 

 Sandpiper, Petrel, etc. In many cases the same 

 local names are applied to different birds, so that 

 no attempt to group the various birds under the 

 several synonyms can be satisfactory, and the 

 Schedule is therefore given as in the Statute Book» 



