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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. iS-No. 3 



THE 



ORNITHOLOGISTr^^OOLOGIST 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



ESPECIALLY DEVOTED TO THE STUDY OF 



BIRDS, 



THEIR NESTS AND EGGS, 



AND TO THE 



INTERESTS OF NATURALISTS. 



Under the Editorial Management of 

 FRANK B. WEBSTER, . . . Hyde Park, Mass. 

 J. PARKER NORRIS, . . . Philadelphia, Pa. 



PUBLISHED .\T THE 



MUSEUM AND NATURALISTS' SUPPLY DEPOT 



OF THE 



FRANK BLAKE WEBSTER COMPANY, 



INCORPORATED, 



HYDE PARK, MASS. 



The O. & O. is mailed each issue to every paid subscriber. 

 If you fail to receive it, notify us. 



THE GAME LAW. 

 Can you inform me whether Quail are pro- 

 tected by the Game Laws of this State or 

 not? I have been informed that a case was 

 taken in court at South End (Boston) and 

 thrown out, because the law had been made 

 defective by an amendment last winter. 



C. C. F. 



In regard to the Bird Law, the Massa- 

 chusetts Fish and Game Association has 

 found much fault with the decisions ; but I 

 think any lawyer will say it is a good law. 



Section i, Chap. 276, 1886, was repealed 

 in 1891 and a new act passed in regard to 

 killing game. See Sec. 3, Chap. 276, 1886.* 



Having in possession game referred to in 

 Section i . Section i having been repealed, 

 Section 3 refers to nothing at all. 



If it had been amended, instead of repeal- 

 ing Section i, it would have been all right. 

 But Chapter 142 of 1891! being enacted 

 after Chapter 276, 18S6, it could not apply. 

 Therefore, it is unlawful to shoot game men- 

 tioned in Chapter 142, act of 1891, but not 

 to have in possession. 



f Acts of 1 89 1, Cha]). 142. 



"Whoever takes or kills a plover, snipe. 



sandpiper, rail, or any of the so-called shore, 

 marsh or beach birds, between the first day 

 of May and the fifteenth day of July, or a 

 wild or passenger pigeon, or a gull, or a tern, 

 bet\veen the first day of May and the first day 

 of October, shall be punished by a fine of ten 

 dollars for every bird so taken or killed." 

 *Acts of 1886, Chap. 276, § 2. 

 " \Vhoever buys, sells or has in possession 

 any of the birds or animals named in this act 

 and protected thereby, during the time with- 

 in which the taking or killing thereof is pro- 

 hibited, whenever or wherever the aforesaid 

 birds may have been taken or killed, shall 

 be punished by a fine of twenty dollars for 

 the birds protected by section one, and ten 

 dollars for the birds protected by sections two 

 and four ; provided., koivever, that any per- 

 son, firm or corporation dealing in game may 

 buy, sell or have in possession quail from the 

 fifteenth day of October to the first day of 

 May, and pinnated grouse, wild pigeons, and 

 any of the so-called shore, marsh or beach 

 birds, or of the so-called duck species, at 

 any season, if not taken or killed in this 

 Commonwealth contrary to the provisions of 

 this act. 



GAME WHEN NOT TO BE KILLED. 



Partridge or Ruffed Grouse — between Jan. 



I and Sept. 15, $20. 

 Woodcock, between Jan. i. and Sept 15, $20. 

 Quail, between Jan. i and Oct. 15, $20. 

 Duck of all kinds, between .April 15 and 



Sept I, S20. 

 Plover, Sni])e, Rail, Marsh and Beach Birds, 



betiveen May i, and July 15, $10. 

 Grey Squirrels, Hares, and Rabbits, between 



March i and Sept. i, $10. 

 Deer are not to be killed at any time, Siao. 

 Insectivorous and Song Birds are not to be 



killed at any time, §10. 

 Trajjping, snaring and ferreting Birds and 



.Animals, and setting snares ])rohibited at 



all times, J^zo. 



'AVe have just received eight very large 

 Moose Heads, all fresh. 



