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Eggs. Of Poultry.--For hatching: importation may be regulated by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by 25 & 26 Geo. 5, c. 31. As to marking and grade designation marks, see 18 & 19 Geo. 5, c. 19, and sale of eggs under that designation, 23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 40, and see ANIMALS.

Of Game.--The destruction or taking of or possessing eggs of any kind of game, or swan, wild duck, teal, or widgeon, by any person not having the right of killing game upon the land is punishable on conviction before two justices with a fine of 5s. for every egg, by s. 24 of the Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32). See GAME, and Chitty's Statutes, tit. 'Game.' As to larceny of pheasants' eggs, see R. v. Stride, (1908) 1 KB 617.

Of Wild Birds.--On application by a county council, a Secretary of State may prohibit, by s. 2 of the (English) Wild Birds Protection Act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c. 24), the taking or destroying of eggs of wild birds or of any kind of wild birds, and by an Act of 1902 (e Edw. 7, c. 6), the eggs taken can be forfeited and disposed of as the Court shall think fit. See BIRDS.