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is asked to take waterfowl or their eggs; 

 and the particular locality where it is 

 desired to take such waterfowl or eggs. 



5. A person granted a permit under this 

 regulation shall keep books and records 

 which shall correctly set forth the total 

 number of each species of waterfowl 

 and their eggs possessed on the date of 

 application for the permit and on the first 

 day of January next following; also for the 

 calendar year for which permit was issued 

 the total number of each species reared and 

 killed, number of each species and their 

 eggs sold and transported, manner in 

 which such waterfowl and eggs were 

 transported, name and address of each 

 person from or to whom waterfowl and 

 eggs were purchased or sold, together with 

 number and species and whether sold 

 alive or dead; and the date of each trans- 

 action. A written report correctly set- 

 ting forth this information shall be fur- 

 nished the Secretary during the month of 

 January next following the issuance of the 

 permit. 



6. A permittee shall at all reasonable 

 hours allow any authorized employee of 

 the United States Department, of Agri- 

 culture to enter and inspect the premises 

 where operations are being carried on 

 under this regulation and to inspect the 

 books and records of such permittee relat- 

 ing thereto. 



7. Permits issued under this regulation 

 shall be valid only during the calendar 

 year of issue, shall not be transferable, and 

 may be revoked by the Secretary, if the 

 permittee violates any of the provisions 

 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act or of 

 the regulations thereunder. 



8. A person engaged in the propagation 

 of migratory waterfowl on the date on 

 which these regulations become effective 

 will be allowed until September 30, 19 18, 

 to apply for the permit required by this 

 regulation, but he shall not take any mi- 

 gratory waterfowl without a permit. 



Regulation 9. — Permits to Collect Migra- 

 tory Birds for Scientific Purposes 



A person may take in any manner and 

 at any time migratory birds and their 

 nests and eggs for scientific purposes when 

 authorized by a permit issued by the 

 Secretary, which permit shall be carried 

 on his person when he is collecting speci- 

 mens thereunder and shall be exhibited to 

 any person requesting to see the same. 



Application for a permit must be ad- 

 dressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, and must contain the 

 following information: Name and address 

 of applicant and name of State, Territory, 

 or District in which specimens are pro- 



posed to be taken and the purpose for 

 which they are intended. Each application 

 shall be accompanied by certificates from 

 two well-known ornithologists that the 

 applicant is a fit person to be entrusted 

 with a permit. 



The permit will authorize the holder 

 thereof to possess, buy, sell, and trans- 

 port in any manner and at any time 

 migratory birds, parts thereof, and their 

 nests and eggs for scientific purposes. 

 Public museums, zoological parks and 

 societies, and public scientific and educa- 

 tional institutions may possess, buy, sell, 

 and transport in any manner and at any 

 time migratory birds and parts thereof, 

 and their nests and eggs for scientific pur- 

 poses without a permit, but no specimens, 

 shall be taken without a permit. 



Permits shall be valid only during the 

 calendar year of i^sue, shall not be trans- 

 ferable, and shall be revocable in the discre- 

 tion of the Secretary. A person holding a 

 permit shall report to the Secretary on or 

 before January 10 following its expiration 

 the number of skins, nests, or eggs of 

 each species collected, bought, sold, or 

 transported. 



Every package in which migratory birds 

 or their nests or eggs are transported 

 shall have clearly and conspicuously 

 marked on the outside thereof the name 

 and address of the sender, the number of 

 the permit in every case when a permit 

 is required, the name and address of the 

 consignee, a statement that it contains 

 specimens of birds, their nests, or eggs for 

 scientific purposes, and, whenever such a 

 package is transported or ofifered for trans- 

 portation from the Dominion of Canada 

 into the United States or from the United 

 States into the Dominion of Canada, an 

 accurate statement of the contents. 



Regulation 10. — Permits to Kill Migra- 

 tory Birds Injurious to Property 



When information is furnished the Sec- 

 retary that any species of migratory 

 bird has become, under extraordinary 

 conditions, seriously injurious to agri- 

 culture or other interests in any particular 

 community, an investigation will be made 

 to determine the nature and extent of the 

 injury, whether the birds alleged to be 

 doing the damage should be killed, and, if 

 so, during what times and by what means. 

 Upon his determination an appropriate 

 order will be made. 



Now, Therefore, I, Woodrow Wil- 

 son, President of the United States of 

 America, do hereby approve and pro- 

 claim the foregoing regulations. 



