196 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



2215q. Sec. 17. No person or persons shall sell or expose for sale or have in his 

 possession for the purpose of selling or exposing for sale, any of the kinds or spe- 

 cies of birds or animals protected by this act after the expiration of eight days 

 next succeeding the times limited and prescribed for the killing of any such birds 

 or animals: Provided, however, That it shall be lawful to expose for sale and to 

 sell any live quail for the purpose of preserving the same alive through the winter. 

 And it shall also be lawful for any person to take alive, on his own premises, at 

 any time and in any manner, any wood duck, teal duck, or mallard duck, or wild 

 turkey, for the sole purpose of domestication or for stieutific or breeding purposes 

 and possession and transportation alive of such wild fowl, so taken on one's own 

 premises, may be had for any such purpose: Provided, That in any prosecution 

 for violation of any of the provisions of this act, the person claiming the benefit 

 of this section shall prove on the hearing or trial that in good faith he so took 

 alive such wild fowl or fowls for one of the purposes specified in this section, and 

 if prosecuted for transporting them, that he is in good faith transporting them, 

 alive for such purpose; and it shall not be necessary for the prosecution to aver 

 or prove that the taking alive of any such wild fowl or fowls was not done for 

 domestication or for scientific or for breeding purposes. 



2215r. Sec. 18. Any person or persons violating any of the foregoing provisions 

 of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall likewise be liable 

 to a penalty of fifty dollars for each offense, and shall, on conviction thereof, stand 

 committed to the common jail of the county until such penalty is paid: Provided, 

 That such imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days. 



2215s. Sec. 19. Any person who shall, at any time, within this state, kill any 

 robin, nighthawk, whippoorwill, finch, thrush, lark, swallow, yellow bird, blue bird, 

 brown thrasher, wren, martin, oriole, woodpecker, bobolink, or any song bird, or 

 rob the nests of such birds, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on con- 

 viction thereof shall be fined five dollars for each bird so killed, and for each nest 

 so robbed, or confined in the county jail for ten days, or both such fine and 

 imprisonment in the discretion of the court. 



2215t. Sec. 20. That any railroad, express company, or other common carriers, or 

 any of their agents or servants or other persons having any of the above named 

 birds or animals in their possession for transportation, or shall transport the same 

 after the expiration of five daj's next succeeding the time limited and prescribed 

 for the killing of such birds and animals, shall be punished by fine not less than 

 ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars: Provided, That no such penalty 

 shall apply to the transportation of live quail which are to be kept alive through- 

 out the winter, or to the transportation of such birds or animals in transit through 

 the state from other states where it is lawful to kill such birds or animals at the 

 time of such transportation. 



2215u. Sec. 21. No person or persons shall use any gun or guns, or fire-arms 

 to maim, kill, or destroy any wild pigeon or pigeons, at or within five miles of the 

 place or places where they are gathered in bodies for the purpose of brooding 

 their young, known as pigeon nestings; and no person or persons shall use any gun 

 or guns, or fire-arms to maim, kill or destroy, any wild pigeon or pigeons within 

 their roostings, anywhere within the limits of this state; and no person or persons 

 shall, with trap, snare, or net, or in any other manner, take, or attempt to take, 

 kill or destroy, or attempt to kill or destroy, any wild pigeon or pigeons, at or 



