28 LEGISLATION FOB THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



protects no plume birds except terns, but forbids the destruction of the 

 nests, eggs, or young of 'any wild bird,' with certain exceptions, thus 

 protecting the young of gulls and grebes as well as terns. Delaware, 

 Kentucky, and Louisiana likewise, which make no effort to protect 

 plume birds, have similar laws prohibiting the destruction of nests or 

 eggs of ' any wild bird,' and thus extend protection to the nests of grebes, 

 gulls, and terns. 



The following list of references has been prepared to facilitate con- 

 sultation of the various State laws relating to plume birds: 



Arkansas : Acts, 1897, XLI, sec. 1, p. 53 (wild birds) . 



California : Penal Code, 1897, p. 563, sec. 1 (gulls at Santa Monica) . 



Delaware : Rev. Stat., 1893, Ch. LV, sec. 6 (nests or eggs of any bird) . 



Florida : Rev. Stat., 1892, p. 847, sec. 2755 (nests, eggs, or young of sea birds or birds 



of plume) ; p. 992, sec. 1 (cranes, egrets, ibises, curlews, and herons) . 

 Illinois : Laws, 1899, p. 224, sec. 3 (wild birds). 

 Indiana: Thornton's Rev. Stat., 1897, sec. 2243 (wild birds). 

 Kentucky : Statutes, 1894, sec. 1948 (nests or eggs of any wild bird) . 

 Louisiana : Rev. Laws, 1897, p. 247, sec. 5 (nests or eggs of any wild bird). 

 Maine : Pub. Laws, 1899, ch. 42, sec. 12, p. 35 (nest, eggs, or young of any wild bird 1 ) ; 



ch. 116, p. 119 (terns). 

 Maryland : Laws, 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15h. (gulls and terns [mackerel gulls]) . 

 Massachusetts : Supplement Pub. Stat., 1888, ch. 276, sees. 2 and 4 (wild birds). 

 Michigan : Pub. Acts, 1897, p. 202, sec. 20 (gulls) . 

 Minnesota : Laws, 1899, ch. 242, sec. 10, p. 275. 

 New Jersey : Gen. Pub. Laws, 1895, Ch. CCLV, sec. 8, p. 476 (nest or eggs of any 



wild bird) ; Laws, 1900, ch. 73, sec. 5 (web-footed wild fowl) . 

 New York : Laws, 1900, ch. 20, sec. 20 (web-footed wild fowl) ; sec. 30 (grebes) . 

 Oregon : Gen. Laws, 1895, p. 97, sec. 27 (gulls) . 

 Pennsylvania : Act of May 17, 1883, sec. 1 (web-footed wild fowl). 

 Rhode Island : Laws, 1900, ch. 746, sec. 2 (wild birds) . 

 Texas: Rev. Stat., 1895, Penal Code, art. 519, p. 100 (sea gulls, terns, shearwaters, 



egrets, herons, and pelicans) . 

 Utah : Laws, 1899, ch. 26, sec. 22, p. 42 (gulls) . 

 Vermont : Stat., 1894, p. 829, sec. 4614 (wild birds). 

 Virginia : Code, 1887, .p. 520, sec. 2079 (gulls or ' strikers ' ) . 

 Wisconsin : Acts, 1899, ch. 267, sec. 1 (any aquatic fowl except geese). 



BIRDS OF PREY. 



In view of the widespread prejudice against birds of prey, it is per- 

 haps not surprising that comparatively little protection is given them. 

 Only a few years ago several States endeavored to exterminate hawks 

 and owls by means of bounties, 2 and although most of the bounties 

 have been withdrawn, protection is still withheld even in States which 

 have the most comprehensive laws. The list of species exempt from 

 protection on pages 36-37 indicates how generally hawks and owls are 

 still held in disfavor. 



1 Except herons, etc. (see p. 66) . 



2 For a brief review of bounty legislation in the United States, see Palmer, Yearbook 

 Dept. Agr., 1896, pp. 58-59; Yearbook Dept. Agr., 1899, pp. 279-282. 



