AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS 



AND EGGS. 



[Indiana Acts 1905.] 



Section 002. It shall be unlawful for any person to 

 kill, trap or possess any wild bird, or to purchase or offer 

 the same for sale, or to destroy the nests or the eggs of any wild bird 

 except as otherwise provided in this section. But this section shall not 

 apply to the following named game birds: The Anatidre, commoidy 

 called swans, geese, brant, river and sea duck; the Rallidse, commonly 

 known as rails, coots, mudhens, and gallinules; the Limicolae, commonly 

 known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, 

 tattlers and curlews; nor to English or European house sparrows, crows, 

 hawks, or other birds of prey. Nor shall this section apply to any per- 

 son taking birds or their nests or eggs for scientific purposes under per- 

 mit, as provided in the next section. Any person violating the provisions 

 of this section shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars 

 nor more than fifty dollars. 



Sec. 603. Permits may be granted by the Commissioner of Fisheries 

 and Game to any properly accredited person, permitting the holder there- 

 of to collect birds, their nests or eggs for strictly scientific purposes. In 

 order to obtain such permit the applicant for the same must present to 

 said Commissioner written testimonials from two well-known scientific 

 men certifying to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be en- 

 trusted with such privilege, and pay to said Commissioner one dollar there- 

 for, and file with him a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred 

 dollars, payable to the State of Indiana, conditioned that he will obey the 

 terms of such permit, and signed by at least two responsible citizens of 

 the State as sureties. The bond may be forfeited and the permit revoked 

 upon proof to the satisfaction of such Commissioner that the holder of 

 such permit has killed any bird or taken the nests or eggs of any bird 

 for any other purpose than that named in this section. 



