PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS. 185 



Aberdeenshire. — The taking or destroying eggs of the 

 following birds is prohibited throughout the entire county of 

 Aberdeen for a period of one year, from Sept. 1, 1895, viz. : 

 peregrine, kestrel, merlin, long-eared owl, short-eared owl, barn 

 owl, tawny owl, nightjar, goat-sucker, or fern owl; black-headed 

 gull, herring gull, kittiwake, common gull, common plover, lark, 

 crossbill. The taking of eggs of the lapwing is prohibited 

 throughout the entire county of Aberdeen in the year 1896, after 

 April 15 in the said year. The Wild Birds Protection Act, 1880, 

 now applies within the county of Aberdeen to the following birds, 

 as if they had been included in the schedule to that Act, viz. : 

 peregrine, kestrel, merlin, and crossbill. 



Anglesea. — All birds are protected from March 1 to Oct. 1, 

 except curlew, diver, dunbird, eider duck, lapwing, mallard, pee- 

 wit, plover, pochard, shoveller, snipe, teal, wigeon, wild duck, 

 and woodcock (the close time for these being March 1 to 

 July 31). 



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

 following wild birds is prohibited in the islands of Islay, Colonsay, 

 Coll, and Tiree, for a period of one year from Oct. 1, 1895, viz. : 

 wild duck, teal, eider duck, merganser, snipe, dunlin, grebe, lap- 

 wing, tern (all kinds), Richardson's skua, pochard, tufted duck, 

 and chough. And the Act of 1880 applies within the islands of 

 Islay, Colonsay, Coll, and Tiree to the tufted duck, as if that 

 species had originally been included in the schedule to that Act. 



Bedfordshire. — By an order dated February 17, 1896, the 

 time during which the taking or killing of wild birds is prohibited 

 in this county has been varied so as to extend from March 1 to 

 August 12, and as regards the kingfisher the time is further ex- 

 tended so as to be from February 1 to August 31. 



Berwickshire. — By an order dated June, 1895, the taking or 

 destroying the eggs of the following species of wild birds is pro- 

 hibited throughout the entire county of Berwick for one year 

 from July 1, viz. : dipper or water-ouzel, redstart, stonechat, 

 lark, peregrine falcon, barn owl, long-eared owl, tawny owl, gold- 

 finch, bullfinch, redpoll, siskin, wagtail, kingfisher, snipe, ringed 

 plover, common tern, teal, great spotted woodpecker, cuckoo, 

 dunlin, redbreast, heron, rock pipit, sandpiper, mistle thrush, 

 wren, coal tit, blue tit, and long-tailed tit, and by the same order 

 the following among the above wild birds are, in addition, to 

 have the protection of the Wild Birds Protection Act of 1880, as 

 if they had been included in the schedule to that Act, viz. : the 

 dipper or water-ouzel, redstart, stonechat, peregrine falcon, bull- 

 finch, redpoll, siskin, wagtail, redbreast, heron, rock pipit, mistle 

 thrush, wren, coal tit, blue tit, and long-tailed tit. 



Cambridgeshire. — By an order dated Sept. 23, 1895, the 

 taking or destroying of wild birds' eggs within that part of the 



