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List of species protected in each State and in the Canadian Provinces, etc. — Continued. 



* Not exceeding. 



t Eggs or nest ol any water fowl or other birds, except erows and English sparrows. 



t Penalties fixed by lieutenant-governor in council. 



SPECIES SPECIFICALLY EXEMPTED FROM PROTECTION. 



Twenty-seven States, the District of Columbia, and four Canadian 

 Provinces exempt from protection certain species which are commonly 

 considered injurious. These species include (1) the English sparrow; 



(2) birds which destroy poultry and game, as certain hawks and owls; 



(3) birds which destroy grain, as blackbirds, crows, and ricebirds; (4) 

 birds which destroy fish, as loons, fish-eating ducks, herons, and king- 

 fishers. Of these thirty-two 1 States and Provinces, twenty-eight 

 specifically mention the English sparrow, and South Dakota and Que- 

 bec virtually include it with other sparrows, thus leaving only two 



1 Including the District of Columbia. 



