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THE OOLOGIST. 



known rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinales : 

 the Limicolae commonly known as shore birds, 

 plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock and sand 

 pipers, tattlers and curlews: the Gallinae com- 

 monly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie 

 chickens, quail, and pheasants, all of which are 

 not intended to be affected by this act. 



Sec. 3 Any person violating the provisions 

 of Section 1 of this act shall upon conviction be 

 fined in a sum not less than ten nor more than 

 fifty dollars to which may be added imprison- 

 ment for not less than five days nor more than 

 thirty days. 



Sec. 4 Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not 

 applv to anv person holding a permit giving 

 the riaht to take birds or their nests and eggs 

 for scientific purposes, as provided in Section 5 

 of this act. 



Sec. 5 Permits may be granted by the Exeu- 

 tive Board of the Indiana Academy of Science 

 to anv properlv acci-edited person permiting 

 the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests 

 or eggs for strickly scientific purposes. In or- 

 der to obtain such a permit the applicant for 

 the same must present to said Board written 

 testimonials from two well-known naturalists 

 certifying to the good character and fitness of 

 said applicant to be intrusted with such a privi- 

 lege and pay to said Board one dollar to defray 

 the necessary expense attending the granting 

 of such permit, and must file with said Board a 

 properlv executed bond in the sum of two hun- 

 dred dollars, signed bv at least two responsible 

 citizens of the state as'sureties. The bond shall 

 be forfeited to the state and the permit become 

 void upon proof that the holder of such permit 

 has killed any bird or taken the nests or eggs 

 of anv bird "for any other purpose than that 

 named in this section and shall further be sub- 

 sect for such offense to the penalties provided 

 in this act. 



Sec. 6. The permits authorized by this act 

 shall be in force for two vears only from the 

 date of their issue and shall not be transfer- 

 able. 



Sec. 1. The English or European house spar 

 row (passer domesticus). crows, hawks and 

 other birds of prey are not included among the 

 birds protected by this act. 



Sec. 8. All acts or parts of acts heretofore 

 passed in conflict with the provisions of this act 

 are hereby repealed. 



Sec. 9. An emergency is delared to exist for 

 the immediate taking effect of this act, there- 

 fore the same shall be in force and effect from 

 and after its passage. 



You see that the birds of Indian, aa re 

 pretty well protected if the law is car- 

 ried out but it seems as though people 

 don't care whether it is or not, for they 

 will let boys and men go shooting Night 

 hawks, (commonly known as bull bats), 

 as if there were no laws to protect them 

 I have a report indirectly from Colum- 

 bus that they were being killed by scores 

 and just for pleasure at that. It is also 

 reported that they are wantonly killed 

 here in Iudianapolis. Now what is the 

 use of having a law if it can't be upheld 

 and I think every bird loving person 

 should rise up and uphold this law 



which is complete in every detail, It 

 would be very interesting to the readers 

 of the Oologist I should think to have 

 the laws of every state published that is 

 those laws that concern the protection 

 of our native birds so let us near from 

 others on this subject. 



H. A. Hess. 



Bird-Nesting in North-west Canada. 



Finely Illustrated with Photo-Engrav- 

 ings and Colored Plates. 



Price, $2.00. To subscribers ordering 

 before October 30th, $1.25. 



The above book gives an account of a 

 collecting trip to the North-west. It 

 describes in an interesting manner the 

 experience of the writer and his collec- 

 tors in a region which might be called 

 the Ornithologist's Paradise. The 

 country explored stretches from Win- 

 nipeg to within sight of the Rocky 

 Mountains, a distance of nearly one 

 thousand miles, and, as might be ex^ 

 pected in such a wide tract of country, 

 many rare birds were found breeding. 

 It gives a full account of the nesting 

 habits of such birds as Canada Goose, 

 Baldpate, Buffle-headed Duck, Canvas^ 

 back, Little Brown Crane, Yellowlegs, 

 Wilson's Phalarope and Snipe, Avocet, 

 Buff-breasted Sandpiper, White Pelican, 

 American Goshawk, Hawk Owl, Rusty 

 Grackle, McCown's Lonspur, Chestnut- 

 colored Longspur, Pigeon Hawk, Bon- 

 aparte's Gull and other rare species. 

 It also contains plates of many of the 

 above birds' nests and eggs; and also 

 gives colored plates of eggs of Yellow- 

 legs, Wilson's Pnalarope, Knot, etc.. 

 The eggs of the Knot have never pre- 

 viously been figux'ed in any ornitholo- 

 gical work. 



This book will be found interesting 

 reading to British as well a American 

 Ornithologists, as it describes the nests 

 and eggs of many species which occur 

 in Europe as occasional visitors. 



The price to subscribers ordering be- 

 fore October 30th will be $1.25: to Brit- 

 ish Ornithologists 5 shillings. The ill- 

 ustrations are worth the money. 



Send in your order at once as only a 

 limited number of copies will be print- 

 ed. 



The above is a portion of a circular 

 received from Mr- Walter Raine, the 

 well-known Canadian Oologist, of Tor< 



