"An Act for the Protection of Birds, their Nests and Eggs" 

 [Aiiproved March 5, 1891.1 



Section 1. Be it enaclei by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That 

 it shall be unlawful for any person to kill any wild bird other than a game bird, 

 or purchase, offer for sale any such wild bird after it lias been killed, or to destroy 

 the nests or the eggs of any wild bird. 



Sec. '2. For the purpose of this act the following only shall be considered game 

 birds: The Anatidte, commonly called swan-i, geese, brant and river and sea 

 ducks; the Rallida>, cjmmonly known as rails, coots, mud-hens, and gallinules; 

 the Limlcohp, commonly known as shore-birds, plovers, surf-birds, snipe, wood- 

 cock and sand-pipera, tattlers and curlews; the Gallin;e, commonly known as wild 

 turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, quail and pheasants; all of which are not in- 

 tended to be affected by this act. 



Sec. 3. Any person violating the provisions of section one of this act shall, 

 upon conviction, be fined in any sum not Ipss than ten nor more than fifty dollars, 

 to which may be added imprisonment for not ies^ than five days nor more than 

 thirty days. 



Sec. 4. Sections one and two of this act shall nnt apply to any person hold- 

 ing a permit, giving the right to take birds or their nests and eggs for scientific 

 purposes, as provided in fection five of this act. 



Sec. 5. Permits may be granted by the Executive Board of the Indiana 

 Academy of Science to any properly accredited person permitting the holder 

 thereof 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 such Board writ- 

 ten testimonials from two well known scientific men, certifying to the good char- 

 acter and fitness of said applicant to be entrusted with such privilege, and pay to 

 said Board one dollar to defray the necessary expenses attending the granting of 

 such permit, and must file with said Board a properly executed bond in the sum 

 of two hundred dollars, signed by at least two responsible citizens of the State as 

 sureties. The bond shall be forfeited to the State, and the permit become void 

 upon proof that the holder of such permit has killed any bird or taken the nest or 

 eggs of any bird for any other purpose than that named in this section, and shall 

 further be subject, for each offense, to the penalties provided in this act. 



Sec. 6. The permits authorized by this act shall be in force for two years 

 only from the date of their issue, and shall not be transferable. 



Sec. 7. The English or European house sparrow (passer domesticus) and crows, 

 hawks and other birds of prey are not included among the birds protected by this 

 act. 



Sec. 8. All acts or pxrts of acts heretofore passed in conflict with the pro- 

 visions of this act are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 9. An emergency is declared to exist for the immediate taking effect of 

 this act, therefore the same shall be in force and effect from and after its passage." 



The cooperation of the people of our State should be secured to enforce this 

 law and also to destroy that mischievous pest, the English sparrow. 



The topography of Indiana is such that we do not find a very great difference in 

 climate at any point from that of another locality in the State. Several points have 

 been erroneously noted as the highest elevation in the different parts of the State. 

 The highest point of land in the State is, perhaps, in Randolph or Wayne County, 



