2. MIGRATORY BIRDS 



a. Convention for the Protection of Migratory Birds, 

 August 16, 1916* 



Signed at Washington Augicst 16^ 1916; Ratification advised "by the 

 Senate August 29^ 1916: Rati-fied 'by the President September i, 

 1916; Rati^ed by Great Britain October 20^ 1916; Ratifications ex- 

 changed at Washington December 7, 1916; Proclaimed December 8, 

 1916. 



[Pertaining to Canada] 



I. Migratory birds included in terms VI. Shipment or export of migratory 



of conyention. birds or their eggs. 



II. Close seasons. VII. Permits to kill migratory birds 



III. Close season on specified migra- in particular communities. 



tory game birds for 10 years. VIII. Measures for executing conven- 



IV'. Special protection for wood and tion. 



eider ducks. IX. Ratification ; duration. 

 V. Taking of nests or eggs prohibited. 



Whereas, Many species of birds in the course of their annual migra- 

 tions traverse certain parts of the United States and the Dominion of 

 Canada; and 



Whereas, Many of these species are of great value as a source of food 

 or in destroying insects which are mjurious to forests and forage plants 

 on the public domain, as well as to agricultural crops, in both the 

 United States and Canada, but are nevertheless in danger of extermi- 

 nation through lack of adequate protection during the nesting season 

 or while on their waj^ to and from their breeding grounds ; 



The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the 

 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British 

 Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of sav- 

 ing from indiscriminate slaughter and of insuring the preservation of 

 such migratory birds as are either useful to man or are harmless, have 

 resolved to adopt some uniform system of protection which shall effec- 

 tively accomplish such objects and to the end of concluding a 

 convention for this jDurpose have appointed as their respective 

 Plenipotentiaries : 



The President of the United States of America, Robert Lansing, 

 Secretary of State of the United States ; and 



^Citation: 39 Stat. 1702 ; TS 628 ; III Redmond 2645. 



Implementing legislation: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, as amended ; Public Law 

 65-186 [S. 1553], 40 Stat. 755, approved July 3, 1918; as amended by Public Law 74-728 

 [S. 4584], 49 Stat. 1555. approved June 20, 1936; Reorganization Plan No. II, 1939. 53 

 Stat. 1433, effective Julv 1, 1939 ; Public Law S6-732 [H.R. 12533], 74 Stat. 866, approved 

 September 8, 1960; Public Law 91-135 [H.R. 11363], S3 Stat. 282, approved December 5, 

 1969; Public Law 93-300 [H.R. 10942], 88 Stat. 190, approved June 1, 1974, 



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