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Wild Bird Protection in Yorkshire. 



The Petition of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union was caffe- 

 fully considered, and it was thought that the Orders fof the 

 Protection of Wild Birds should, so far as possitjie, be uniform 

 throug-hout the County. , , , 



It was the opinion of the Meeting — 



1. That-the close season for birds mentioned in the Schedule 



of the' Wild Birds Protection Act (1880) be altered so as 

 to be trom the last day of February to the ist day of 

 September, except as regards the following birds, viz. : — 

 Snipe, Woodcock, Golden Plover, and Wild Duck, and 

 that for such birds the close season to be from the last 

 day of February to the 12th day of August. 



2. That the following birds be protected throughout the whole 



year, for five 



years, until the 12th day of August 1910 



Bittern. 



Black-headed Gull. 



Kingfisher 



Buzzards. 



Kittiwake Gull. 



Grey or Brown Lin 



Buntings. 



Nigfhting-ale. 



Raven. 



Dipper or Water Ouzel 



Nightjar 



Redpoll. 



Dotterel. 



Nuthatch. 



Swallows. 



Eag-les. 



Osprey. 



Swift. 



Pereg-rine Falcon. 



Owls.' 



Terns (all species). 



Goldfinch. 



Kestrel or Windhover. 



Woodpeckers. 



Great Crested Grebe. 







3. That the eggs of the following birds be protected through 



the whole vear for five years : — 



Turtle Dove. 



Bittern. 



Heron, 



Bunting's. 



Nightjar 



Water-Rail. 



Buzzards. 



Nighting-ale. 



Land-Rail. 



Curlew. 



Bearded Tit. 



Ring Plover. 



Stone Curlew. 



Nuthatch. 



Snipe. 



Dipper. 



Swallows. 



Woodcock. 



Dotterel. 



Swift. 



Woodpeckers. ' . 



Dunlin. 



Goldfinch. 



Wryneck. 



Pied Flycatcher. 



Redpoll. 



Wag-tails. 



Pereg-rine Falcon. 



Owls. 



Redshank. 



Great Crested Grebe. 



Kestrel. 



Black-headed Gull. 



Little Grebe. 



Merlin. 



Kittiwake.* 



King-fisher. 



Raven. 



Reed Wa,i:bler. 



Harriers. 



Wild Ducks. 



Terns (all species). 



Hobby. 





4. That the taking and killing, in any way whatsoever, of all 



wild birds on Sunday be prohibited. 



5. That the areas at present proclaimed, viz., Spurn Pro- 



montory and Hornsea Mere, be further protected for a 

 period of five years, f 



*On the proposition of Mr. Mainprize, seconded by Alderman Burton, 

 the Kittiwake was struck from this list. 



t For the previous area see ' The Naturalist ' for April 1903, p. 132. 



Naturalist, 



