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one day, during the respective open 

 season for each; nor shall any person 

 at any time kill or have in possession 

 any ruffed grouse, commonly called 

 partridge, woodcock, wood duck, com- 

 monly called black duck, teal or gray 

 duck, except for his own consumption 

 within this state, except as hereinafter 

 provided, under a penalty of five dol- 

 lars and costs for each bird so unlaw- 

 fully killed or had in possession; nor 

 shall any person at any time sell or 

 offer for sale, any ruffed grouse, com- 

 monly called partridge, woodcock, 

 wood duck, commonly called black 

 duck, teal or gray duck within this 

 state under the same penalty; nor shall 

 any person or corporation carry or 

 transport from place to place any of 

 the birds mentioned in this section, in 

 close time, nor in open season unless 

 open to view, tagged and plainly label- 

 ed with the owner's name and resi- 

 dence and accompanied by him, unless 

 tagged in accordance with section 

 twenty-six of this chapter, under the 

 same penalty. 



'Any person, not the actual owner of 

 such bird or birds, who, to aid another 

 in transportation, fasely represents 

 himself to be the owner thereof, shall 

 be liable to the same penalty; nor 

 shall any person or corporation carry 

 or transport at any one time more than 

 fifteen of any one variety of the birds 

 above mentioned as the property of one 

 person, under the same penalty; and it 

 shall be unlawful for a term of ten 

 years, to hunt for, take, catch, kill or 

 destroy the capercailzie, or cock of 

 the woods, so called, black game, so 

 called, or any species of the pheas- 

 ant, except ruffed grouse, or partridge, 

 under a penalty of fifty dollars for each 

 offense.' 



(Approved March 28.) 



UNION MEETING OF THE JOS- 

 SELYN BOTANICAL SOCIETY 

 AND MAINE ORNITHOLOGI- 

 CAL SOCIETY AT SKOWHE- 

 GAN, JUNE 29 TO JULY 3 



Arrangements have now been com- 

 pleted for a union meeting of the two 

 nature study societies of our state, 

 during the week beginning June 29. 

 This meeting will be held in Skowhe- 

 gan, a place especially suited by na- 

 ture for field work and observation of 

 different phases of out door life. 



The Kennebec river flows through 

 the town and in its broad valley will 

 be found the characteristic flora and 

 fauna of our inland sections. 



Madison and Norridgewock, five and 

 ten miles distant and easily reached 

 by electric cars, will furnish variety 

 in the way of study, and other near- 

 by places available for short excur- 

 sions will offer suggestions for each 

 society. Skowhegan lies at the termi- 

 nus of the Maine Central R. R. in 

 Somerset county and many historical 

 associations cluster round the immedi- 

 ate neighborhood. 



The Ornithological Society at the 

 annual meeting in Portland voted to 

 ask permission to meet with the bot- 

 anists and they gladly welcomed our 

 proposal. It is hoped that this may be 

 the first of a long series of union sum- 

 mer meetings of these important socie- 

 ties. 



Every person who is interested in 

 extending his horizon beyond the nar- 

 row limits of his own locality will do 

 well to plan his summer's vacation to 

 include the week at Skowhegan. Emi- 

 nent specialists in each department 

 will be present for consultation and 

 instruction. The program has not 

 been definitely determined but will 

 embrace the following features: 

 Monday, 2 P. M. 

 Address of Welcome to the Ornitho- 

 logists, Prof. A. L. Lane, Pres. of the 



