LIST OF ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED BIRDS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA.

Forest and Bird, Issue 9, 1 June 1925, Page 15

LIST OF ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED BIRDS, REPTILES AND AMPHIBIA.

It is illegal to take or kill any of these birds or animals at any time, or to have them or their skins, feathers, nests or eggs, in possession unless taken prior to the passing of the Animals Protection Act. Penalty £25...

Albatross— Black-browed mollyhawk. Bounty Island mollyhawk. Campbell Island mollyhawk. Royal albatross. • Snares Island mollyhawk. Sooty albatross. Wandering albatross (toroa). Yellow-nosed mollyhawk. Australian tree-swallow. Avocet. Bell-bird, or mocky (korimako). Auckland Island bell-bird. Chatham Island bell-bird. Bittern (Matuku-hurepo). Little bittern (kioriki). CanaryBush canary (mohua). White-head canary (popokotea). Creeper (South Island), pipipi, . toitoi). Crow— North Island crow (kokako). South Island crow (kokako). Cuckoo (Family Cuculidae) — Long-tailed cuckoo (koekoea). Shining cuckoo (pipiwharauroa). Dottrel— Banded dottrel. New Zealand dottrel. Duck Auckland Island duck. Blue or mountain duck (whio). Brown duck (tarawhatu). Grey teal (papango). Fantail— Black fantail (tiwakawaka). Chatham Island pied fantail. Pied fantail (tiwakawaka). Fern-bird (matata) — Chatham Island fern-bird. Mainland species. Snares Island fern-bird. Gannet— Gannet (takapu). Masked gannet. Grebe Crested grebe ''weweiaL Little grebe, or dabchick (totokipio). Gull— Black-billed gull. Red-billed gull (tarapunga). Sea-hawk (hakoakoa). Heron— Blue heron (matuku). Nankeen night-heron. White heron (kotuku).

White-fronted heron (ma-tuku-moana). Huia. Kaka. Kakapo (ground-parrot). Kingfisher (kotare). Kiwi— Brown kiwi. ' Great spotted kiwi (roaroa). Grey kiwi. Spotted kiwi. Southern kiwi (roa). Stewart Island kiwi. Magpie Australian). Martin. Owl— Laughing-owl (Whekau). Morepork (ruru, koukou). Rufous-faced owl (North Island). Oyster-catcher, or redbill Black oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea). Pied oyster-catcher, or redbill (torea). Parrakeet Antipodes Island parrakeet. Auckland Island parrakeet. Chatham Island parrakeet. Kermadec Island parrakeet. Orange-fronted parrakeet. Red-fronted parrakeet (kakariki). Yellow-fronted parrakeet. Parson-bird (tui). Penguin— Big crested penguin. Blue penguin (korora). Campbell Island crested penguin. Crested penguin (tawaki). King penguin. Rock-hopper penguin. Royal penguin. Tufted penguin. White-flippered penguin. Yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho or hoihoi). Petrel Black petrel (toanui). Black-bellied storm-petrel. Black-capped petrel. Black-winged petrel. Blue petrel. Brown petrel. Cape pigeon. Chatham Island petrel. Cook’s petrel (titi). Diving-petrel. Grey-backed storm petrel. Grey-faced petrel.

Giant petrel, or nelly. Kermadec Island muttonbird. Rainbird. Silver-grey petrel. Whale-bird. Whale-bird (whiroia). White-chinned petrel. White-faced storm-petrel. White-headed petrel. Wilson’s storm-petrel. Pigeon (kereru). Chatham Island pigeon. Pipit (pihoihoi, ground lark) — Antipodes Island pipit. Auckland Island pipit. Chatham Island pipit. Plover— Lapwing. Sand-plover (kukuruatu). Wrybill (ngutupare). Rail— Auckland Island rail. Dieffenbach’s rail (Chatham Island), (moeraki). Mangare rail. Marsh-rail (koitareke). Pectoral rail (mohopereru patata). Swamp-rail (putoto). Rifleman (titipounamu). Robin Chatham Island robin. North Island wood-robin (toutouwai). Snares robin. South Island alpine robin. South Island wood-robin (toutomvai). Saddleback (t.ieke) Sandpiper. Shag (kawau) — Chatham Island shag. Shearwater (kakoakoa). Allied shearwater. Long-tailed shearwater. Pink-footed shearwater. Wedge-tailed shearwater. Snipe Antipodes Island snipe. Auckland Island snipe. Chatham Island snipe. Common snipe. Snares Island snipe.

Southern merganser. Starling. Stilt-plover. Black stilt-plover (kaki). Pied stilt-plover. Stitch-bird (hihi). Takahe. Tern Black-fronted tern (tara). Caspian tern (tara nui). Grey noddy.' Little tern. Sooty tern. Swallow-tailed tern. White-capped noddy. White-fronted tern (tara). White tern. White-winged black tern. Thrush — North Island thrush (piopic). South Island thrush (piopio). Tomtit (miromiro). Auckland Island tomtit. Chatham Island tomtit. North Island tomtit. South Island tomtit. Tropic bird (raukura). Warbler — Chatham Island warbler. Grey warbler (riroriro). Superb warbler (or blue wren) Woodhen Black woodhen (weka). Brown woodhen (weka). North Island woodhen (weka). South Island woodhen (weka). Stewart ■ Island woodhen (weka). Wren— Blue wren (or superb warbler) . Greeen wren. Rock-wren. Stephen Island wren. Long-tailed bat (pekapeka) Short-tailed bat. Tuatara. Native Frogs. .

The Minister of Internal Affairs may allow any of the following native birds to be declared game for the whole or part of a season in any particular acclimatisation district:—Black teal duck, grey duck, shoveller duck, eastern golden plover, godwit, knot, turnstone, pukeko.

IT IS ILLEGAL

(Amongst Other Things)—

To take or kill any bird or animal on a sanctuary (scenic reserves and public domains are included as sanctuaries). To trap or set traps, nets or snares, for game. To use for game shooting any gun other than a shoulder gun of 12 bore at the muzzle or ten pounds in weight, or rifle, pea rifle, or gun made to carry more than two cartridges at a loading. To use for shooting, a cylinder as cover, or a silencer for a gun. To use live decoys. To trespass with dog or gun on private property (penalty £5). To take dog or gun on a sanctuary, or to do anything likely to cause any bird or animal to leave a sanctuary. To light fires or remove or damage any plant life on a sanctuary. To import any bird or animal without authority (penalty £2OO, or six months imprisonment). Copy of Animals Protection Act, Forests Act, or Scenery Preservation Act, may be obtained from the Government Printer.