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wren, whippoorwill, catbird, nighthawk, oriole, redbird, yellowbird, hummingbird, 

 groundrobin, skylark, flicker, or sapsucker, or willfully to take or destroy the eggs 

 or nest of any of the aforesaid birds, or any other birds except hawks, owls, crows and 

 English sparrows. And if any person within this State shall at any time take, kill, 

 or destroy any of the birds named in this section, and not excepted from the provis- 

 ions thereof, or shall willfully take or destroy the eggs or nest of any of the said 

 birds not excepted as aforesaid, such person shall be deemed guilty of a common 

 nuisance, and upon conviction thereof before any justice of the peace in this State 

 shall be fined one dollar ($1.00) for each and every bird, or nest, or eggs so taken or 

 destroyed in violation of the provisions of this section. 



Sec. 7. [Prohibits hunting on Sunday under penalty of a fine of $10.] 



Passed April 9, 1885. 



[Rev. Stat., 1893, Chap. LV, p. 463 (Laws of Del., vol. 19, chap. 137, sec. 1), pro- 

 hibits shipment of robins out of State under a penalty of $5 for each bird so shipped.] 



Passed April 20, 1891. 



DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 

 30 Statutes at Large, p. 1012. 



Sec. 1. [Permits shooting of reedbirds or ricebirds and marsh blackbirds on Tues- 

 days, Thursdays, and Saturdays between August 21 and February 1.] 



Sec. 3. That no person shall expose for sale or have in his or her possession dead, 

 at any time, any turkey buzzard, wren, bluebird, hummingbird, blue jay, robin or 

 migratory thrush, wood or song robin, martin, mocking bird, swallow, oriole, red or 

 cardinal bird, catbird, pewit, whip-poor-will, goldfinch, sapsucker, hanging bird, 

 woodpecker, crow blackbird, or other insectivorous bird, save for scientific purposes 

 upon permit from the Superintendent of Police of the District of Columbia, in accord- 

 ance with such restrictions as the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution may pre- 

 scribe, and excepting the English sparrow; nor rob the nest of any wild bird of eggs 

 or young or destroy such nest, except in the clearing of lands of trees or brush;- nor 

 trap, net, or ensnare any wild bird or water fowl mentioned in this chapter, or have 

 in his possession any trap, snare, net, or illuminating device for the purpose of killing 

 or capturing any * * * bird, under a penalty of five dollars for each * * * 

 bird killed or captured, or bird's nest and eggs destroyed, and, in default, to be 

 imprisoned in the workhouse not exceeding thirty days. 



Sec 7. [There shall be no shooting, or having in the possession, in the open air 

 the implements for shooting, on Sunday, under a penalty of not more than twenty 

 dollars for each offense.] 



Approved March 3, 1899. 



FLORIDA. 



Revised Statutes, 1892, p. 847. 



Sec. 2755. Whoever wantonly destroys the nest, eggs, or young of any sea bird, or 

 bird of plume in this State, on the land or coast, or in any of the seas, bays, rivers, 

 creeks or harbors, or within a marine league of the coast of the State, shall be pun- 

 ished by fine not exceeding twenty dollars. (Chap. 3043, act March 2, 1877.) 



Sec. 2756. Whoever, not being a citizen of the United States, kills any birds for 

 the purpose of obtaining plumes therefrom, on any part of the coasts of Florida, or 

 in any of the bays, rivers, creeks or harbors, or inland waters or prairies of the same, 

 or within a marine league of the coast of the State, shall be punished by a fine not 

 exceeding one hundred dollars. (Chap. 3149, act February 22, 1879.) 



