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THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS IN HUNGARY 
*Golden Plover — Charadrius pluvialis. 
♦Dotterel — Charadrius morinellus. 
*Kentish Plover — Charadrius alexandrinus. 
*Grey Plover — Charadrius squatarola. 
*Little Ringed Plover — Charadrius dubius. 
*Ringed Plover — Aegialitis hiaticula. 
*White Stork — Ciconia alba.^ 
*Black Stork — Ciconia nigra. 
♦Lapwing — Vanellus vanellus. 
*Black- headed Gull — Larus ridibundus. 
*Black Tern — HydrocheHdon nigra. 
♦White-winged Black Tern — HydrocheHdon leucoptera. 
§ 2. 
Any person who destroys the mammals and birds enum- 
erated in § 1, takes the birds' nests and eggs or young ones 
or puts them up for sale without the leave of the author- 
ities, is guilty of an offence against § 95 of Act XII of 1894 
and is liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred (100) 
crowns (£ 4. 3. 4.). 
§ 3. 
The taking alive or killing of the animals enumerated in 
§ 1 of my present decree, the taking of the birds' nests or 
eggs is permitted only for scientific purposes and with the 
leave of the authorities. 
The transport of birds' nests and eggs as well as that 
of the animals enumerated in § 1, whether alive or dead, is 
permissible only with the leave of the authorities. 
^ The two species of storks were included on the basis of the 
ratified Convention. 
