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birds, sucIl as chickens, ducks, geese, guinea 

 fowl, pea fowl, pigeons, or canaries ; for parrots 

 (including cockatoos, lovebirds, macaws,and par- 

 rakeets); or for natural history specimens for 

 museums or scientific collections. Permits must 

 be obtained for all wild species of pigeons and 

 ducks. 



In the case of ruminants (including deer, elk, 

 moose, antelopes, and also camels and llamas), 

 permits will be issued, as heretofore, in the form 

 prescribed for importation of domesticated 

 animals. 



The introduction of the English or European 

 house sparrow, the starling, the fruit bat or 

 flying fox, and the mongoose, known also as 

 the ichneumon or Pharaoh's rat, is absolutely 

 prohibited, and permits for their importation ivill 

 not he issued under any circumstances. 



Under the regulations prescribed by the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury, in case of doubt as to 

 whether animals or birds belong to the pro- 

 hibited species, or suspicion on the part of the 

 collector of customs that such species are being 

 entered under other names, the shipment will 

 be held, at the risk and expense of the impor- 

 ter, pending the receipt of special instructions 

 from the Department of Agriculture, or until 

 examined at the expense of the importer by a 

 special inspector designated by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture and the identity established to the 

 satisfaction of the collector. 



Special inspectors will be designated at the 

 ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Bal- 

 timore, Washington, New Orleans and San 

 Francisco, who will examine shipments at the 

 request of the owner or agent, or who may be 

 consulted in case of misunderstanding between 

 owners and officers of the customs. These 

 inspectors are to be designated merely for the 

 convenience of importers, and owners or agents 

 are under no obligations to employ them, but the 

 identity of the species must be established to the 

 satisfaction of collectors, and in case of refusal or 

 neglect, or failure to obtain the permit within 

 the specified time, delivery of the property will 

 be refused and immediate exportation required. 



The deliberate shipment of starlings or Eng- 

 lish sparrows from one State to another is now 

 a violation of law and renders the shipper and 

 carrier liable to the penalties provided in theAct. 



The attention of sportsmen, commission mer- 

 chants, shippers, and express agents is especi- 

 ally called to the sections which make it unlaw- 

 ful to ship from one State to another animals 

 or birds which have been killed or captured in 

 violation of local laws, and which require all 

 packages containing animals or birds to be 

 plainly marked so that the name and address of 

 the shipper and the nature of the contents may 

 be ascertained by inspection of the outside of 

 such packages. 



3I0NmiENT TO PROFESSOR BAIRD. 



At the annual meeting of the American 

 Fisheries Society held at "Woods Holl, July 18- 

 20, Dr. H. M. Smith, of the U. S. Commission 

 of Fish and Fisheries, spoke of the appropriate- 

 ness of the Society erecting at Woods Holl a 

 memorial to the late Professor Spencer F. Baird, 

 and presented the following resolutions which 

 were unanimously adopted : 



Wheeeas, The American Fisheries Society, as- 

 sembled at Woods Holl, Mass., regards as desirable 

 and proper the erection of a tablet or monument to 

 the memory of the late Professor Spencer F. Baird, 

 in recognition of his distinguished labors in behalf of 

 fish-cnlture, the fisheries and biological science ; and 



Whereas, The Society deems it appropriate that 

 this memorial should be located at Woods Holl, as a 

 special tribute to his zeal in furthering the interests 

 of marine biology and fish-culture ; therefore. 



Resolved, That a committee with full powers be 

 appointed by the chair to determine the most suitable 

 form of the memorial, to raise the necessary funds, 

 and to proceed with the erection of the monument. 



Resolved, That the committee notify the surviving 

 members of Professor Baird's family of the proposed 

 action, and In-^-ite their suggestions thereon. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be trans- 

 mitted to the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fish- 

 eries- 



The following committee was appointed, pur- 

 suant to the foregoing resolutions : Dr. H. M. 

 Smith (Chairman), Washington, D. C; Hon. 

 E. G. Blackford, N. Y.; Dr. E. W. Blatchford, 

 Ills.; Hon. George M. Bowers, Washington, 

 D. C; Mr. Frank N. Clark, Mich.; Mr. Vinal 

 N. Edwards, Mass.; Dr. Bushrod W. James, 

 Penna.; Hon. George F. Peabody, Wis.; Hon. 

 Eedfield Proctor, Vt.; Mr. W. de C. Eavenel, 

 Washington, D. C. 



