Supplement. 



Since there are so few people in Wyoming that are ac- 

 quainted with our laws protecting birds, and making an open 

 season for those that are justly entitled to be called "game 

 birds," I have included these laws in this bulletin, hoping that 

 they may have a greater support and a wider recognition. 



PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



(Chapter Tj'j, Session Laws of 1901.) 

 Section i. Any pexsan who shall, within the State of Wy- 

 oming, kill or catch or have in his possession, living or dead, 

 any wild bird other than a game bird, or who shall purchase, 

 ofifer, or expose for sale any such wild bird after it has been 

 killed or caught, shall for each offense, be subject to a fine of 

 not more than five dollars for each such bird killed or caught, or 

 had in possession living or dead, or imprisonment for not more 

 than ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. For the 

 purposes of this act the following only shall be considered game 

 birds : The" Anatidae, commonly known as Swans, Geese, 

 Brant and River and Lake Ducks; the Rallidae, commonly 

 known as Rails, Coots and Mud-hens ; the Limicolae, common- 

 ly known as Shore-birds, Plovers, Snipe, Sandpipers, Tatlers, 

 Willets, Curlews, Godwits and Avocets ; the Gallinae, common- 

 ly known as Grouse, Prairie Chickens, Pheasants, Sagehens, 

 Partridges and Quails. 



Sec. 2. Any person who shall, within the State of Wyo- 

 ming, take or needlessly destroy the nest or the eggs of any wild 

 bird, or shall have such nest or eggs in his or her possession, 

 shall be subject for each offense to a fine of not more than five 

 dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ten days, or both, at 

 the discretion of the court. 



Sec. 3. Sections i and 2 of this act shall not apply to any 

 person holding a certificate giving the right to take birds, their 



