Export of Lapwings Eggs

Horowhenua Chronicle, 22 July 1911, Page 4

Export of Lapwings Eggs

. American agriculturists are buvi"g large quantities of lapwing's eggs from Bntain in view of the value of the birds i„ destroy in a-' •snails, beetles, and lau-ae ,v i-h »», orops TI.o-resi.lt is tl.a.t the '■"mber of lapwings i„ Britain is «ikl to be decreasing sm:l that snails and slugs are fliMinsilniiur The <M.estion w as raised by Mr 1,.,-st ,n Parli«mont recently, aul the Home Secretary hoped that the publicity given would encourage local autlwrit.es to apply for orders to protect the birds and their e<m S as to been done in Gloucestershire.