PROTECTION OF BIRDS AND THEIR EGGS. 191 



taking or destroying eggs of the following birds is prohibited 

 throughout the entire county of Stafford, viz. : The goldfinch, 

 buzzard, merlin, kestrel, hobby, osprey, kingfisher, nightingale, 

 nightjar, owls, nuthatch, sandpiper, woodpeckers, wryneck, curlew, 

 and great-crested grebe (loon or diver). II. The Wild Birds 

 Protection Act, 1880, applies within the whole of the county of 

 Stafford to the spotted flycatcher, pied flycatcher, tree-creeper, 

 sand martin, martin, swallow, wagtail, and swift, as if those 

 species were included in the schedule to that Act. 



Suffolk, East. — By an order dated Dec. 24, 1895, the taking 

 of eggs is prohibited in the years 1896, 1897, and 1898 in the 

 following places, namely : The sea-coast, beach, foreshore, sand- 

 hills, saltings or salt-marshes, situate between the sea or estuaries 

 and the land side of the sea or estuarial wall, embankment, ditch, 

 fence, or other artificial or natural boundary separating the same 

 from the cultivated land, from the north side of the river Blyth 

 to Landguard Point (excluding the estuary of the Aide above the 

 ferry at Slaughden Quay, Aldeburgh). 



Westmorland. — By an order dated May 29, 1895, the taking 

 or destroying of eggs of the barn owl, brown owl, long-eared owl, 

 short-eared owl, buzzard, merlin, kestrel, goldfinch, black-headed 

 gull, peregrine falcon, kingfisher dotterel, raven, heron, bittern, 

 woodcock, dipper (or water ouzel) and golden plover is prohibited 

 in any part of the county of Westmorland for five years from 

 June 25, 1895. 



Yorkshire, E. Riding. — By an order dated April 1, 1895, the 

 taking of birds' eggs on the promontory of Spurn, including 

 Kilnsea Warren, south of the line taken by the road leading 

 from the village of Kilnsea towards the site of the old village of 

 Kilnsea, is prohibited for a period of five years from March 31, 

 1895. By an order dated May 10, 1895, the time during which 

 the killing or taking of wild birds is prohibited under the Wild 

 Birds Protection Act, 1880, is now varied in the East Riding so 

 as to be from March 1 to Aug. 15 in each year. 



Yorkshire, VV. Riding. — The close time for wild birds in the 

 West Riding of Yorkshire has been extended so as to be from 

 March 1 to Aug. 11, both days inclusive. 



Yorkshire, N. Riding. — The close time has been varied so 

 as to extend from March 1 to Aug. 11. 



