xxxviii. 
INTRODUCTION. 
County of Southampton. 
WILD BIRDS' PROTECTION. 
Notice is hereby given that the following Order was made on 
the 15th day of Septeml^er, 1903, by the Right Honourable Aretas 
Akers Douglas, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, 
namely : — 
Title. 
I. This Order may be cited as "The Wild Birds' Protection 
(County of Southampton) Order, 1903." 
Birds 
Additions to the Schedule of the Act of 1 880. 
II. The Wild Birds' Protection Act, 1880, shall apply within the 
Administrative County of Southampton to the following species of 
Wild Birds in the same manner as if those species were included in 
the Schedule to the Act : — 
Great Bustard 
Little Bustard 
Common Buzzard 
Honey Buzzard 
Baillon's Crake 
Little Crake 
Spotted Crake 
Crossbill 
Eagle (all species) 
Peregrine Falcon 
Hen Harrier 
Marsh Harrier 
Montagu's Harrier 
Night Heron 
Hobby 
Kestrel 
Kite 
House Martin 
Sand Martin 
Merlin 
Nutcracker 
Nuthatch 
Osprey 
Rose-coloured Pastor 
Quail 
Raven 
Lesser Redpole 
Stork 
Swallow 
Swift 
Bearded Tit 
Dartford Warbler 
The Cormorant and Shag deprived of Protection. 
III. The whole of the Administrative County of Southampton is 
hereby exempted from the operation of the Act of 1880 as to the 
under-mentioned birds : — 
Cormorant Shag 
Certain Birds protected during the whole of the year. 
IV. During the period between the 31st day of July in any year 
and the ist day of March following, the killing or taking of the 
following species of Wild Birds is prohibited throughout the Adminis- 
trative County of Southampton : — 
