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easily distinguishable from waste lands. The person hunting or shooting on 
any land will be responsible for ascertaining whether such land is forest or not, 
and, if it is, for complying with the above regulations thereon. 
15. Though Rule 1 (e) is officially applied to forest-land only, yet it is 
hoped that the regulation prescribing a close time for certain animals (vide 
Appendix below) will be scrupulously observed by sportsmen in the interests 
of sport even in the case of land not under forest, though in the case of the 
latter, no penalty attaches to the violation of the said regulation. 
Appendix. 
The Game Birds referred to in Rule 1 (e) are as below, and the close season 
is fixed as follows :— 
jr or *■ Close season. 
Sand-grouse .. Pterocles fasciatus. Pteroclurus exustus ... 1st April to 30th September. 
Pea-fowl. Pavo cristatus ... ... ... Do. 
Jungle-fowl. Gall us sonnerati ... ... ... Do. 
Spur-fowl. Galloperdix spadicea. Galloperdix lunulata - Do. 
