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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...of Wild Birds in the same manner as if those species were included in the Schedule to the Act: --Buzzard, Honey Buzzard, Merlin, Hobby, Kestrel (Red Hawk or Wind Hover), Stock Dove, Turtle Dove, Redstart (Redtail), All Wagtails, including--Pied Wagtail (Dishwasher), Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Thrushes, Blackbirds, Ring Ouzel, Landrail (or Corncrake) Wren (Jenny Wren), Water Rail, Quail, Nuthatch (or Nut-jobber), Wryneck (Cuckoo's Mate, Pea Bird or Snake Bird), Golden Crested Wren (Kinglet), Wheatear (White-tail, Fallow Chat), Flycatcher (Beam Bird), Whinchat, Stonechat, Tree Creeper, All Warblers, including--Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Greater and Lesser (Nettlecreeper), Sedge Warbler (Fantail Warbler), Reed Warbler, Blackcap Warbler, Hedge Sparrow (Accentor, Dunnock), Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler (Willow Wren), Wood Warbler (Yellow Wren), Grasshopper Warbler, Robin (Robin Redbreast), Buntings-Common (or Corn) Bunting, Black-headed Bunting (Reed Sparrow), Cirl Bunting, Yellow Bunting (Yellow Hammer), Linnet, Siskin, Redpoles, Red-backed Shrike (or Butcher Bird) Long-tailed Tit (Bottle Tit or Bumbarrel), Bearded Tit (Reedling), Cole Tit, Marsh Tit (Blackcap), Swallows, Martins--Sand Martin, House Martin, Swifts. CAMBRIDGESHIRE, 23rd September, 1895. That the taking or destroying of Wild Birds' Eggs within that part of the County of Cambridge known as Wicken Sedge Fen shall be prohibited for a period of three years from the seventh day of September 1895. CARNARVON, 26th May, 1896. The time during which the killing and taking of the following Wild Birds is prohibited by the Act of 1880, shall be extended in the County of Carnarvon so that it shall begin on the first day of March and end on the first day of October in each year: --American Quail, Oyster Catcher.
