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THE BIRDS THE BIRDS 



L. T. CARLETON. 

 H. O. STANLEY. 



♦ E. E. RING, 



Commiss Loners of Inland Fisheries and Game. 



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TO MILLiNERS AND OTHERS. 



Chapter 142. of the Public Laws of 1901, provides as follows, that: & 



"No person shall, within the state of Maine, kill or catch or have J 



♦ in his or her possession, living or dead, any wild bird, other than a ♦ 

 i game bird, nor shall purchase, offer or expose for sale, any such wild ♦ 



♦ bird after it has been caught or killed. No part of the plumage, skin or % 



♦ body of any bird protected by this section shall be sold or had in pos- ♦ 

 T session for sale. Nor shall any person within the state take or needless- J 



♦ ly destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild bird, nor have such nest or + 



♦ eggs in his or her possession. The English or European house sparrow. ♦ 

 i the common crow, and the hawks and owls are not included among the 

 5 birds herein protected; for the purposes of this Act, the following 

 T only shall be considered as game birds: the anatidag, commonly known 

 X as swans, geese, brant, and river and sea ducks; the rallidse, common- % 



♦ ly known as rails, coots, mud-hens and gallinules; the limicolae, com- ♦ 

 ^ monly known as shore birds, plovers, surf-birds, snipe, woodcock, sand- ♦ 



♦ pipers tatlers and curlews; the gallinas, commonly known as wild tur- ^ 



♦ keys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges and quails. ♦ 

 X Nothing in this section, however, shall be construed to affect in any T 



♦ way the protection of game birds as provided in sections 11 and 13 in + 



♦ the Act hereby amended. . ♦ 

 +. Any person__who violates any of the provisions of this section shall £ 



♦ be guilty of a misdemeanor, and when convicted therefor, shall be fined ♦ 

 i five dollars for. each offense, and an additional five dollars for each bird J 

 + living or dead, or part of bird, or nest or eggs possessed in violation % 



♦ of this section, or to imprisonment for ten days, or both, in the dis- ♦ 

 .* cretion of the Court." T 



(Note. The only birds, other than game birds, not protected are + 



T CROWS, HAWKS, OWLS and English Sparrows.) ♦ 



+ It is the purpose of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and ^ 



♦ Game to see that this law is strictly enforced. Attention is called at this ♦ 

 ? time to that part of the law prohibiting the selling, offering for sale. ♦ 



♦ or having in possession, any dead bird or parr thereof. J 



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