FEDERAL PROTECTION OF 

 MIGRATORY BIRDS 



BY 



GEORGE A. LAWYER 



Chief U. 8. Game Warden, Bureau of Biological Survey 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Bird Protection an Economic Question 3 



State Protection of Birds 3 



Federal Migratory-Bird Law of 1913 and Its Repeal 5 



The Migratory-Bird Treaty 7 



The Migratory-Bird Treaty Act 8 



Regulations Under the Treaty Act 10 



Game Farming 13 



Control of Bird Depredations 14 



Administration of the Law 15 



Future Outlook for Migratory Birds <> . 16 



Separate from Yearbook of the 

 Department of Agriculture, 1918 



No. 785 



WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1919 



