Japanese era calendar listing animal conservation policies

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.

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