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perhaps, be admitted, however, that these conditions are the 

 most favourable to the maintenance of a bird in the air with 

 the least exertion. I have always thought that one advantage 

 gained by flying against the wind is the ease with which a bird 

 can preserve its true course. We know how much more 

 sensitive to the rudder a boat is — to return to our old simile — 

 when steered against the stream compared with the opposite 

 direction. 



With regard to the westerly flight of the Gulls alluded to 

 by Mr. Gurney, I can only say that in certain years, notably 

 1894, Herring-Gulls were unusually numerous in the Trent 

 Valley during the hot calm weather in September. They all 

 seemed to travel in the same direction, about N.E. to S.W., 

 and at a height of from 800 to 1,200 feet, as near as I could 

 judge. 



49, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham. 



THE WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION ACT, 1894. 

 By the Editor. 



The following table sets forth the orders for the protection 

 of wild birds' eggs which have (upon the application of the 

 various County Councils) been issued up to March, 1896, by 

 the Home Secretary, under the powers conferred by the above 

 Act. 



The period (if any is mentioned) for which the order remains 

 in force is given in brackets ; also the particular districts if the 

 order should not apply to the whole county. The species 

 whose eggs are protected are numbered as follows : — Mistle- 

 thrush (1), Ring Ouzel (2), Wheatear (3), Whinchat (4), Stone- 

 chat (5), Redstart (6), Nightingale (7), Blackcap (8), Garden 

 Warbler (9), Dartford Warbler (10), Goldcrest (11), Firecrest 

 (12), Wood Warbler (13), Willow Warbler (14), Chiffchaff (15), 

 Reed Warbler (16), Sedge Warbler (17), Grasshopper Warbler 

 (18), Whitethroat (19), Lesser Whitethroat (20), Dipper (21), 

 Nuthatch (22), Coal Tit (23), Blue Tit (24), Longtailed Tit 



