48 THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS IN ESSEX.
for the following birds to be added to the Schedule to the Wild
Birds Protection Act 1880, within the Metropolitan Police District,
viz. :
Shrike Bearded Tit
Kestrel Merlin
Wryneck Hobby
Swallow Buzzard
Martin, House Honey Buzzard
Martin, Sand Osprey
Swift Magpie
The Committee were not in favour of a general nesting area
within the above-named district being asked for, but they recom-
mended that application should be made for an Order protecting the
Eggs of the following birds (for a period of five years at first) within
the Metropolitan Police District and outside the County of London,
viz.:
I. Birds in the Schedule to the Act 1880.
Nightingale Woodpecker
Goldfinch Kingfisher
Lark Cuckoo
Nightjar The Owls.
II. Birds proposed to be added to the Schedule to the Act of
1880. (See list above on p. )
III. Birds not in the Schedule to the Act of 1880, nor pro-
posed to be added to the Schedule, but the Eggs of which the Committee
are of opinion should be protected:
Wheatear Nuthatch
Stonechat Wren
Winchat Golden Crested Wren
Red Start White Wagtail
Pied Flycatcher Pied Wagtail
Spotted Flycatcher Grey Wagtail
Sedge Warbler Yellow Wagtail
Reed Warbler Hawfinch
Blackcap Linnet
Garden Warbler Corn Bunting
Wood Warbler Cirl Bunting
Willow Warbler Reed Bunting
Chiffchaff Starling
Whitethroat Landrail or Corncrake
Lesser Whitethroat Coot.
Long-tailed Tit
The above recommendations were adopted by the County