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above-mentioned specimens was shot. It is to be hoped that 
the Cheshire autliorities will enforce the law, bearing in mind 
that, under the recent Act, the specimen shot is forfeited, in 
addition to the fine incurred. If the existing Acts were fully 
adopted and enforced, there would be little, if any, need for 
additional legislation on this matter. 
Bird-Protection in Lincoln and in East Sussex. — We 
have received from the Home Office a Wild Birds Protection 
Order, dated January 23, for the City of Lincoln. It fixes the 
close-time at the last day of February to August 16 ; adds the 
Buzzards, Swallow, Swift, Martins, Hobby, Kestrel, Merlin and 
Wryneck to the schedule of the Act of 1880; protects Owls, 
Wagtails, Woodpeckers, Martins, Swallow, Goldfinch, King- 
fisher, Tern, &c., all the year round, and prohibits the taking of 
the eggs of these species, or of the Cuckoo, Wild Duck, or Wood- 
cock. The Home Secretary also sends us an Order, dated 
February 15, for East Sussex, fixing close-time as between the 
last day of February and September i, adding many species, 
including Buntings, Hawks, Martins, Osprey, Kentish Plover, 
Tits, Wagtails and Warblers to the schedule ; protecting many 
species, including the Stone Curlew, Bitterns, Buzzards, King- 
fisher, Osprey, Bearded Tit, Dartford Warbler and Woodpeckers 
all the year round; protecting all birds on Sundays, except in the 
parishes of Bolney and Twineham, and prohibiting the taking 
of the eggs of most of the species just enumerated throughout 
the county, and of any birds on the cliffs between Eastbourne 
and Brighton. 
The Absence of Bird-Protection in Ireland. — “ It is really 
a pity that some steps have not been taken ere this to preserve 
wild birds in Ireland. In this country there are very stringent 
laws dealing with the matter, but so far in Ireland little or nothing 
has been done to prevent the ruthless slaughter of wild feathered 
creatures. At a meeting of the Irish Society for the Protection 
of Wild Birds attention was drawn to this, and it was suggested 
that the County Councils had full power conferred on them by 
various Acts of Parliament to deal with the matter. As it is, 
Ireland is the happy hunting ground for collectors of rare species 
which the law in England prevents them from procuring.” — 
To-Day. 
Bird Destruction on the Riviera. — “Another matter 
which might well be dealt with on the Riviera is the wanton 
destruction of birds. Visitors are constantly noting with surprise 
the absence of singing birds in woods and gardens there, and can 
see its cause any day in the number of boys who wander along 
the country lanes with guns, and think half-a-dozen tom-tits a 
splendid “ bag.” A measure similar to the Wild Birds Protec- 
tion Act ought to be enforced in the district. The silence adds 
greatly to the mournful appearance of the present frost-devas- 
