124 OUR NATIVE BIRDS 



is a separate question, and need not be discussed 

 here. As to the character of the legislation that 

 would be most effective, there are certain demands 

 so imperative as to be perfectly obvious, and the laws 

 that would satisfy them would be so universally bene- 

 ficial, their enactment would be desirable to every 

 state and territory, save two or three. They are as 

 follows : 



" 1. Prohibit all egg collecting, except under license 

 from state game commissioners, and the payment of a 

 license fee. 



" 2. Provide for the extermination of the English 

 sparrow. 



" 3. Prohibit the sale of dead game, at all seasons. 1 



" 4. Prohibit the killing or capture of wild birds, and 

 of quadrupeds, other than fur -bearing animals, for com- 

 mercial purposes of any kind. [This will stop the 

 slaughter of birds for millinery purposes.] 



" 5. Prohibit all spring shooting. 



" 6. Prohibit the carrying or using of a gun without 

 a license. 



" 7. For three years prohibit the killing or capture of 

 any birds, except such birds of prey as may be declared 

 by the U. S. Biological Survey to be sufficiently noxious 

 to merit destruction. The only exception should be in 

 favor of persons desiring to collect for scientific pur- 

 poses, in moderation, and then only when properly 



lr This has long been earnestly advocated by Forest and Stream, and 

 the proposition is constantly gaining advocates. It is also one of the 

 planks in the platform of the League of American Sportsmen. 



