THE QUESTION OF THE INTERN. PROT. OF BIRDS COMES TO HUNGARY 79 
I. Istria, Dalmatia, Sea board and Tyrol. The destruction 
matia, Sea 
of nests and the taking of eggs is indeed forbidden, but, board, Ty 
in autumn and winter, bird taking is permitted by special 
licence. Here the taking of birds is a monopoly of the parishes 
and its practice is regularly taxed, the tax ranging from 2 
to 9 florins. The payers of this tax are called „konzessionirter 
Fanger". 
II. Bukovina, Gorz, Gradiska, Krain, Moravia, Silesia, ^"''^^'"^ 
Gorz,Upper 
Vorarlberg, Upper Austria. The laws of the respective pro- Austria etc. 
vinces forbid the destruction of nests and distinguish between 
useful and noxious birds, which are scheduled. Bird-catching 
is conditional on the procuring of a licence. 
III. Bohemia, Galicia, Carinthia, Salzburg, Styria, Lower The rest of 
Austria. 
Austria. The laws in force in these provinces absolutely pro- 
hibit the taking of useful birds, which are scheduled : besides, 
the taking of other species is also restricted. 
As for Germany ~ i. e. of course, the whole German Germany. 
Empire, — the Imperial Law dated March 22, 1888 is in 
force: its regulations, in brief, are as follows: 
The destruction of nests, the taking of eggs and broods 
as well as all traffic in the same is forbidden. 
There is no general restriction on the taking of the eggs 
of birds nesting on the shores, in which are included terns, 
gulls and lapwings. But there may be restrictions in particular 
countries. 
Every form of night bird-catching is prohibited. 
The general close season lasts from March I till Sept. 15. 
The authorities may make exceptions in cases of special 
damage done. 
The law does not schedule the useful birds: but there is 
a schedule, partly arranged in groups, of noxious birds. 
The special measures of the particular countries are as 
follows. 
