LAWS OF THE STATE OF MAINE WHICH RELATE 

 ESPECIALLY TO ORNITHOLOGY OR OOLOGY. 



(Taken from the Fish ami Game Laws.) 



1895, c. 125, 21. Whoever kills or has in his possession, 

 except alive, or exposes for sale, any wood duck, dusky duck, com- 

 monly called black duck, teal or grey duck, between the first days 

 of May and September, or kills, sells, or has in his possession, 

 except alive, any ruffed grouse, commonly called partridge, 

 between the first days of December and September 20th, or wood- 

 cock, between the first days of December and September following ; 

 or kills, sells or has in his possession, except alive, any quail 

 between the first day of December and the first day of October fol- 

 lowing, or pinnated grouse, commonly called prairie chicken, 

 between the first days of January and September, or plover between 

 the first days of May and August, forfeits not less than $5 nor 

 more than $10, for each bird so killed, had in possession or exposed 

 for sale. And no person shall at any one time, kill, expose for 

 sale, or have in possession, except alive, more than 30 of each 

 variety of birds above named, during the respective open seasons, 

 nor shall any person at any time kill, expose for sale, or have in 

 possession, except alive, any of the above named varieties of birds 

 except for consumption within this state, under a penalty of $5 for 

 each bird so unlawfully killed, exposed for sale or in possession ; 

 nor shall any person or corporation carry or transport from place 

 to place in open season any of the above mentioned birds unless 

 open to view, tagged and plainly labeled with the owner's name, 

 and accompanied by him, under the same penalty ; any person, not 

 the actual owner of such birds, who, to aid another in such trans- 

 portation falsely represents himself to be the owner thereof, shall 

 be liable to the same penalty ; nor shall any person or corporation 

 carry or transport at any one time more than 15 of any one variety 

 of birds above named, as the property of one man under the same 

 penalty ; nothing in this section shall prevent any marketman or 



