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meanor, and on conviction- thereof, be punished by imprison- 

 ment in the county jail not more than six months, or by fine 

 not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars, or by both such 

 fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. 



Section 7, laws of Michigan, 1869, of an act to revise and 

 consolidate the several acts relating to the protection of game, 

 and for the better preservation of ellc, deer, birds, and wild 

 fowl, — page 213, — provides : 



No person shall at any time, within this State, kill any 

 robin, nighthawk, whippowill, finch, thrush, lark, sparrow, 

 cherrybird, swallow, yellowbird, bluebird, brow nth rasher, 

 wren, martin, oriole, woodpecker, bobalink, or any song-bird, 

 nor rob the nests of such birds, under a penalty of five dollars 

 for each bird so killed, and for each nest so robbed. 

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