. Bird notes and news. Bird Protection in India. Muirbum. ^-collecting by Schoolboys Preservation of "Woodcock. The Law and the Collector. Birds released in London. Books versus Grubs. News from Branches. In the Courts. Lecture Season, 1903-4. London, 3, Hanover Square, W. BIRD IN. PROTECTION WINTER. TATUTORY Close Time for wild birds ends on the 1st day of August. A con- siderable number of counties have pro- longed the period to the 1st day of September, the earlier date being far too early for the proper protection of late-breeding species. In Ireland and Wales, in a few exceptional ca
. Bird notes and news. Bird Protection in India. Muirbum. ^-collecting by Schoolboys Preservation of "Woodcock. The Law and the Collector. Birds released in London. Books versus Grubs. News from Branches. In the Courts. Lecture Season, 1903-4. London, 3, Hanover Square, W. BIRD IN. PROTECTION WINTER. TATUTORY Close Time for wild birds ends on the 1st day of August. A con- siderable number of counties have pro- longed the period to the 1st day of September, the earlier date being far too early for the proper protection of late-breeding species. In Ireland and Wales, in a few exceptional cases, the season ex- tends a little longer still ; but by October 1st the Close Time has everywhere come to an end, with the solitary exception of Gloucestershire, where the Woodpecker, Short-eared Owl, Hoopoe, and Redpoll are guarded until November 1st. There remain two methods by which bird pro- tection may in Great Britain be continued through the winter months. Under the Act of 1896 (which does not apply to Ireland), County Council Orders may prohibit the killing or taking of particular kinds of wild birds during the whole or any part of the year to which close time does not extend, and also the killing or taking of all wild birds in particular places within that period. The latter clause admits of the formation of bird sanctuaries, where all the year protection can be established for all birds within a defined and limited area, and also of the provision, more commonly adopted, prohibiting all shooting and netting of birds on Sundays in specified districts (which can be made to comprise an entire County Council area). The former clause is generally utilised for the protection during the whole of the open time—thus practically affording protection all the year—of those birds which it is especially desirable to preserve on account of their utility, rarity, or beauty. The "further" or all-the-year protection clause forms a part of the Orders of thirty-one counties
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