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Grouse. The close time is between 10th December and 12th August. See GAME...
Sand-grouse
Sand-grouse are protected by the Sandgrouse Protection Act, 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 55), as continued by the Expiring Laws Continuance Acts, in order that they may, if possible, become acclimatised....
heathfowl
A large Northern European black grouse Lyrurus tetrix formerly Tetrao tetrix with a lyre shaped tail it is also called heath grouse black game black grouse heath poult heath fowl and moor fowl See heath grouse under heath above...
Game
Game [fr. gaman, Sax.], all sorts of birds and beasts that are objects of the chase. The term is defined by the Game Act, 1831 (1 & 2 Wm. 4, c. 32), as including for the purposes of that Act 'hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor-game, black game, and bustards'; but some of its provisions are directed to trespass in pursuit of woodcocks, snipes, quails, land rails, and coneys.At Common Law game belongs to a tenant and not to a landlord, but leases frequently contain a reservation of the game to the landlord, and before the Game Act, 1831, the right to kill game was restricted to freeholders having 100l. a year freehold, or leaseholders having a 99 years' leasehold of 150l. a year, etc. This Act repeals the (English) Qualification Act of 22 & 23 Car. 2, c. 25, and (after giving the game to landlords in the case of leases made before the Act for less than 21 years-a provision now expired) protects reservations of game by penal provisions. The Act also requires all persons k...
Poaching
Poaching, taking name by trespass. Also taking fish, e.g., salmon and trout by illegal methods (see infra).Trespassing in the daytime in pursuit of 'game'--i.e., hares, pheasants, partridges, grouse, heath or moor game, black game, or bustards--or woodcock, snipe, quails, landrail, or rabbits, is punishable summarily by fine up to 2l., and in case of a trespass by five or more, up to 5l.; the leave of the occupier being no defence if the landlord or other person have by reservation the right to kill the game. [See (English) GAME ACT, 1831, ss. 2, 30]Unlawfully taking in the night, i.e., between the expiration of the first hour after sunset and the commencement of the first hour before sunrise, 'game,' as above defined, is punishable summarily by imprisonment with hard labour; and any persons, to the number of three or more, by night unlawfully entering lands, for the purpose of taking or destroying any 'game,' as above defined, or rabbits (any of them being armed with any gun or other ...
Blackcock
The male of the European black grouse Tetrao tetrix Linn so called by sportsmen The female is called gray hen See Heath grouse...
Gorcock
The moor cock or red grouse See Grouse...
moorfowl
A reddish brown grouse Lagopus Scoticus of upland moors of Great Britain the European ptarmigan or red grouse also called the moorgame...
Pterocletes
A division of birds including the sand grouse They are in some respects intermediate between the pigeons and true grouse Called also Pteroclomorphaelig...
Canachites
a genus of birds including the spruce grouse Canachites canadensis...
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