WyomInc Birps. 17 
The State Law in Reference to Birds 
(From the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1910, Page 721.) 
“SEc. 2788. UNLAwFuL To Kni—PEenarty. Any person who 
shall, within the State of Wyoming, kill or catch or have in his 
possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, or 
who shall purchase. offer, or expose for sale any such wild bird 
after it has been killed or caught, shall for each offense, be subject 
to a fine of not more than five dollars for each such bird killed or 
caught, or had in possession living or dead, or imprisonment for not 
more than ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. For the 
purposes of this chapter the following only shall be considered game 
birds: The Anatidae, commonly known as swans, geese, brant and 
river and lake ducks; the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, coots, 
and mud-hens; the Limicolae, commonly known as_ shore-birds, 
plovers, snipe, sandpipers, tatlers, willets, curlews, godwits, and avo- 
cets, sagehens, partridges and quails. 
“Sec. 2789. DESTRUCTION oF EcGs—PENALTY. Any person who 
shall, within the State of Wyoming, take or needlessly destroy the 
nest or the eggs of any wild bird, or shall have such a nest or eggs 
in his or her possession, shall be subject for each offense to a fine 
of not more than five dollars, or imprisonment for not more than 
ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. 
“Sec. 2793. Birps Nor Prorecrenp. The following named birds 
shall be exempt from protection under the provisions of this chap- 
ter, viz.: English sparrow, magpie, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper’s 
hawk, gos hawk, duck hawk, golden or brown eagle, kingfisher and 
blue heron.” 
