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LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



(Nevada and South Carolina) which do not include it in the list of 

 injurious species. 



At least nineteen States and Provinces, including those which have 

 the most comprehensive protective laws, except birds of prey. Some 

 withdraw protection from all birds of prey, others only from hawks, 

 still others from 'chicken hawks,' or hawks and owls 'destructive to 

 poultry,' while a few, like Alabama and Pennsylvania, specify particu- 

 lar species, as Cooper's hawk and the sharp-shinned hawk. 



Twenty -two States and Provinces exempt birds destructive to grain, 

 particularly the crow, crow blackbird, and ricebird; and eight (mainly 

 in New England and the Middle States) birds considered destructive to 

 fish. Among fish-eating birds, loons are excepted in Maine, 1 Vermont, 

 and Manitoba, certain water fowl in Massachusetts, herons in Maine 1 

 and Vermont, the green heron and night heron in Alabama and Penn- 

 sylvania, bitterns in Vermont and Manitoba, and kingfishers in Alabama, 

 New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Manitoba, and Quebec. 



The species exempted by each State are shown in the following list: 



List of birds specifically exempted from protection. 



State. 



Species. 



Alabama . 



Arkansas . 



Connecticut 



Delaware 



District of Columbia . 



Georgia 



Illinois 



Indiana 



Iowa 



Maine 



Maryland 



Massachusetts . 



Michigan.. 

 Minnesota- 

 Mississippi * 



Nevada 



New Hampshire. 

 New Jersey 



New York . 



Ohio 



Pennsylvania . 



English sparrow, green heron, night heron, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's 

 hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk, barred owl, great horned owl, kingfisher. 



English sparrow, hawks, eagles, owls, and other birds of prey, crow, black- 

 birds. 



English sparrow. 



English sparrow, hawks, owls, crows. 



English sparrow. 



English sparrow, night hawks, crows, ricebirds, larks, wheat birds. 



English sparrow, chicken hawk, crow, crow blackbird. 



English sparrow, hawks, and other birds of prey, crow. 



English sparrow, blue jay. 



English sparrow, hawks, crow, and the young of loons, herons, and owls. 



English sparrow, hawks, and other birds destructive to poultry, crow, black- 

 birds. 



English sparrow, birds of prey, jays, crow, crow blackbird, certain fresh- water 

 and sea fowl. 



English sparrow, blue jay, blackbirds, butcher bird. 



English sparrow, hawks, crow, blackbirds. 



English sparrow, hawks, owls and other birds of prey, blue jay, crow, black- 

 birds. 



Linnet (house finch). 



English sparrow. 



English sparrow, cranes, hawks, kingfisher, raven, crow, red-winged black- 

 bird, crow blackbirds. 



English sparrow, cranes, hawks, kingfisher, raven, crow, common blackbird, 

 crow blackbirds. 



English sparrow. 



English sparrow, green heron, night heron, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's 

 hawk, duck hawk, pigeon hawk, barred owl, great-horned owl, kingfisher. 



*Applies only to nests; not to the birds themselves. 



1 Young only. 



