In a Japanese calendar, there’s a list of animal conservation policies. Some animals are under seasonal protection, and some are forbidden to be hunted year-round.
The one animal that stands out would be manatees. Apparently there still were manatees in Kenting back then.
Partial list:
椋鳥 Starling
鵯鳥 Bulbul
咬鴒 not sure which bird this refers to.
黃鶯 Oriole, the yellow kind.
鸚雉 not sure which bird this refers to.
竹雞 bamboo partridge
http://photo.jlwu.idv.tw/~jlwu/DCVIEW/150126/2/2.jpg
雉雞 pheasants
This is kind of a general term. There probably are a dozen birds in Taiwan that can be called a pheasant.
It’s nice to know that even back then most pheasants were protected seasonally.