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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE

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Reference :-

C.O.885

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ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC-

COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO

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JAMAICA.By Law 32 of 1885 it is an offence to kill, wound, take, or possess any bird, or the eggs of any bird, in the following list

Jamaica black bird,

Canaries,

Finches, save and except the brown finch

or Jack sparrow,

Humming birds,

Green tody or robin red breast,

Swallows,

Swifts,

Solitaire,

Nightingale,

Red start flycatcher,

Flycatchers,

and close times are established for--

Parrots,

Parrakeets,

Baldpates,

Blue pigeon,

Peadoves,

Whitewing or lapwing,

Ground dove or groo-goo-doo,

Glasseyes,

Hopping dicks,

Ringtail pigeon,

+--

Warblers, John tewit, Anteaters, Troopial, Banana quit,

Blue quit,

Orange quit,

Mosquito hawks or gie-me-me-bit,

Oldman or rain bird,

Loggerhead,

Owls,

Woodpecker,

White-belly,

Mountain-witch or blue dove,

Partridges,

Pitcharies,

Wild ducks,

Teal,

Plover,

Snipe,

Wild guinea fowl, Quail.

TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS.*-By Ordinance 11 of 1907, renewed in 1909, it is

an offence to kill, wound, take, or possess any bird, or the eggs of any bird in the following list :-

Pelican,

Galding,

Crab-catcher,

Mosquito hawk,

Runner Snipe,

Humming bird,

Pistareen,

Blackbird,

Gull,

Noddy,

Red shank,

Long-tail or tropic bird,

Kingfisher,

LEEWARD ISLANDS.

Tobacco or ground dove,

Flamingo,

Crane,

Osprey,

Coot,

Chick-of-the-village,

Brown thrush (mocking bird),

Booby,

Pimlico,

Jackass or laughing bird,

Killing peter,

Frigate or man-o'-war bird.

DOMINICA.*-By the Wild Birds Protection Act, 1887, similar protection is

afforded to-

Humming birds,

Siffieur Montagne,

Wren (Rossignol),

Yellow Warbler (Titine),

Redstart (chat),

and a close time established for-

Parrot (Cicero),

Parrakeet (Peroquet),

Blue pigeon (Ramier),

Perdrix,

Dove (Tourterelle),

Ground dove (Ortolan),

Chewck,

Swallow (Hirondelle),

Gobmouche,

Loggerhead (Pipiri),

Gros grive,

Grive,

Thrash (Pierrot Vanter),

Trembleur,

Morvie.

ST. CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS.*-By Ordinance No. 9 of 1902, similar complete

protection is afforded to :-

Humming birds,

Yellow breast,

West Indian canary,

Banana bird,

Pea whistler,

Blacksmith,

West India robin,

Chitty birds,

Ganldins,

Sparrowhawk,

Barbados blackbird,

Loggerhead.

and a close time (1 February-31 August) is established for :----

Ramier pigeon,

Partridge,

Wood dove,

Ground dove,

Quail,

Coots (red and white seal),

West Indian thrush, Wild duck.

• In the case of these Colonies there is no specific prohibition of exportation of skins or parts of birds protected.

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TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.-By No. 132 of the Revised Statutes, full protection is given to the following (and by Proclamation No. 6 of 1890 exportation is also prohibited) :-

Aile-blanche-Totanus semipalmatus,

Bec-en-ciseaux or scissors beak, Bec d'argent-Tanagra jacapa, Black-bird or merle-Turdus, Blue-bird-Tanagra episcopus, Booby-Pelecanus sula, Bull-finch-Pyrrhula, Carate bird or wood pintade, Capucin-Ampelis carunculata, Cardinal-Tanagra rubra, Cotinga-Tersina cœrulea, Cent-coups de couteau-Strix. Campanero-Ampelis variegata, Canary or serin-Sylvia æstiva, Cicis Coccothraustes rufiventris, Cassique-Oriolus xanthornus, Colibris-Trochilus, Cormorant-Halieus carbo,

Cuckoo-Cuculus,

Couroucoui-Trogon,

Darter-Plotus anhinga,

Diable onrhumé-Tanagra Mexicana,

Diablotin or Guacharro-Caprimulgus cari-

pensis,

Dove, mountain.

Gavilan.

Grimperean-Certhia cyanea,

Grosbeak-Coccothraustes,

Ground dove-Ortolans,

Heron-Ardea,

Humming bird—Orthorhynchus,

Jacamar Galbula paradisea,

Kite-Falco furcatus,

Kingfisher Alcedo,

Longue-queue, or long-tail-Tyrannus sav-

anna,

Louis d'or-Tanagra violacea, Maccaw,

and a close time is accorded to-

Bécard or curlew-Scolopax armata, scolopat

phæcopus,

Bécasse or Woodcock,

Bécassine or snipe,

Cielle or quail,

Couchante,

Crao,

Duck, wild-Anas,

Teal or Sarcelle-Anas,

Flamingo-Ibis,

Mountain grieve (thrush),

Yellow eye grieve,

Pied carreau (mocking bird),

Mangeur de Cacao,

Manakin-Pipra gutturalis; pipra erythro-

cephala, Man-of-war bird-Pelecanus aquilus, Martin-Hirundo,

Merle-à-queue-janne-Cassicus cristatus,

moqueur-Cassicus icteronotus, cavalier-Cassicus ater,

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à tête jaune-Oriolus icterocephalus,

corbeaux, or tick bird,

Mot-mot-Prionites,

Nuthatch-Sitta,

Officer-Muscicapa ruticilla, Owl-Striz,

Père noir-Tanagra nigerrima.

Pipiri-Tyrannus ferox, tyrannus solitarius, Poule de bois or wood hen-Rallus longirostris, Pelican,

Qu'est-ce-qui-dit-Lanius pitanga, Sanderling-Arenaria, SandpiperCalidris,

Seaplover -Tringa interpres,

Sauteur or jumper-Loria jacarini, Spoonbill-Platalea ajaja, Starling-Sturnus,

Sucrier-Sylvia Torquata, Surgeon-Parra jacana, Swallow-Hirundo, Titlark-Anthus,

Toucan-Ramphastus, Vert-vert-Tanagra,

Veuve,

Vert de gris-Certhie cœrulia, Voutou-Prionites brasiliensis.

Wood pelican or goldat-Tantalus loculator, Woodpecker-Picus, Wren-Troglodytes,

Paroquet Cornurus, Parrot-Psittacus, Perdrix or partridge,

Plongeon or diver,

Poule d'eau or waterfowl,

Ponle savanne or savannah hen,

Quioc or choc,

Ramier ginga or speckled ramier,

Ramier mangue or blue ramier,

Yacou, or pajui or wild turkey-Penelope pipile.

GRENADA.*—Ordinance No. 4 of 1891 affords full protection to—

Spotted grieve,

God bird (wren),

Redstart flycatcher,

Bastard grieve,

Black see-see,

Sucrier (yellow see-see),

Louis d'Or,

Soursop bird,

and establishes a close time for-

Ramier,

Tourterelle (sea side dove),

Trinidad ground dove,

Red throat soe-see,

Merle (blackbird), Top knot (pipperie),

Pipperie gros tête, Flycatcher,

Pipperie (hawk beater),

Doctor bird,

Humming bird,

Coulibre (crested hummer),

Cuckoo-manioe

Corbeau ;

(rainbird),

Pea dove (perdrix),

Ground dove (ortolan),

Mountain dove (perdrix).

ST. LUCIA.*—No. 72 of the Revised Laws affords full protection to--

Aigrette (egret),

Aileronde,

Cardinal, Caroug,

• In the case of these Colonies there is no specific prohibition of exportation of skins or parts of birds protected.