Talk:Sea Birds Preservation Act 1869

List of Species
I've been trying to find a list of the 35 species protected by this act. No luck so far Grantus4504 (talk) 21:01, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * I have added a list of 33 birds recorded in the original text. Where did the 35 figure come from? Road Wizard (talk) 22:16, 29 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops, I must have misread it. The 33 names listed include regional variations of some species (Sea Parrot = Puffin) and some are family names (auk, loon, grebe). Grantus4504 (talk) 22:58, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Local names

 * auk =Auk (6 species)
 * bonxie = Great Skua
 * Cornish chough = Red-billed Chough
 * coulterneb = Atlantic Puffin
 * diver = Loon (3 species)
 * eider duck = Common Eider
 * fulmar = Northern Fulmar
 * gannet = Northern Gannet
 * grebe = grebe (5 species)
 * guillemot = Common Guillemot, Ringed Guillemot, Black Guillemot
 * gull = gull (5 species)
 * kittiwake = Black-legged Kittiwake
 * loon = Loon
 * marrot = Auk
 * merganser = Goosander, Red-breasted Merganser
 * murre = Auk
 * oyster catcher = Eurasian Oystercatcher
 * petrel = petrel (1-2 species)
 * puffin = Atlantic Puffin
 * razor bill = Razorbill
 * scout = Auk
 * seamew = Common Gull
 * sea parrot = Atlantic Puffin
 * sea swallow = Tern (5 species)
 * shearwater = Manx Shearwater
 * shelldrake = Common Shelduck
 * skua = Skua (4 species?)
 * smew = Smew
 * solan goose = Northern Gannet
 * tarrock = Black-legged Kittiwake, Arctic Tern, Common Tern, Common Guillemot
 * tern = tern
 * tystey = Black Guillemot
 * willock = Atlantic Puffin, Common Guillemot

Grantus4504 (talk) 09:17, 31 August 2008 (UTC)