IOWA ORNITHOLOGIST. 



lawful for any person to ship to 

 any person within this state, any 

 game birds named in said Section 

 2, not to exceed one dozen in 

 number in any one day, during 

 the period when, by this act, the 

 killing of such birds is not pro- 

 hibited; provided, he shall first 

 make an affidavit before some 

 person authorized to administer 

 oaths, that said birds have not 

 been unlawfully killed, bought, 

 sold, or had in possession, are 

 not being shipped for sale or 

 profit, giving the name and post 

 office address of the person to 

 whom shipped, and the number 

 of birds to be shipped. A. copy 

 of such affidavit, endorsed, "a 

 true copy of the original," by the 

 person administering the oath, 

 shall be furnished by him to the 

 affiant, who shall deliver the 

 same to the railroad agent or 

 common carrier receiving such 

 birds for transportation, and the 

 same shall operate as a release to 

 such carrier or agent from any 

 liability in the shipment or car- 

 rying of such birds. The orig- 

 inal affidavit shall be retained 

 by the officer taking the same, 

 and may be used as evidence in 

 any prosecution for the violation 

 of this act. Any person swear- 

 ing falsely to any material fact of 

 said affidavit, shall be guilty of 



perjury, and punished accord- 

 ingly." 



Section 7 along the same line 

 reads: 



"If any person shall kill, trap, 

 ensnare, buy, sell, ship, or have 

 in possession, take or carry out 

 of the state, contrary to the pro- 

 visions of this act, any of the 

 birds or animals named in this 

 act, or shall willfully destroy any 

 bird or nests of birds named in 

 this act, he shall be punished by a 

 fine of ten dollars for each bird, 

 mink, otter, or musk rat; twenty 

 five dollars for wild deer, elk -or 

 fawn, and ten dollars for each 

 nest or eggs therein, so killed, 

 trapped, ensnared, bought, sold, 

 shipped, had in possession, de- 

 stroyed, or shipped, taken or car- 

 ried out of the state, and shall 

 stand committed to the county 

 jail for thirty days unless such 

 fine and costs of prosecution are 

 sooner paid." 



The transporting of game out 

 of the state, especially to the 

 Chicago markets, is carried on on 

 a very large scale every spring 

 and fall and could be practically 

 stopped if an example was made 

 of one or two of the express com- 

 panies doing such business. A 

 rigid enforcement of these sec- 

 tions would do much to protect 

 our birds and their nests, but it 



