66 LEGISLATION FOE THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



nor more than five dollars, for each such bird killed; and the possession by any per- 

 son of such dead bird, is prima facie evidence that he killed such bird. Whoever at 

 any time wantonly takes or destroys the nest, eggs or unfledged young of any wild 

 bird, except crows, hawks, herons, loons and owls, or takes any eggs or young from 

 such nests forfeits not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars, for each nest, 

 egg or young so taken or destroyed. Whoever carries or transports from place to 

 place, any of the birds named in this chapter during the period in which the killing 

 of such bird is prohibited, forfeits five dollars for each bird so carried or transported. 



Sec. 14. [The commissioners of inland fisheries and game may issue licenses to tax- 

 idermists of good reputation and to suitable persons, not exceeding 10 at one time, to 

 collect birds, nests and eggs for scientific purposes. Applicants shall pay $5 for 

 licenses and can only dispose of specimens obtained under such permits by exchange, 

 under a penalty of $10 to $50. Licenses do not authorize collecting on Sunday.] 



Sec. 22. [Sunday is a close time, in which it is unlawful to hunt, kill, or destroy 

 birds of any kind. ] 



Approved March 8, 1899. 



Public Laws of 1899, chap. 116, p. 119. 



No person shall kill or have in his possession, except alive, any bird commonly 

 known as tern. Whoever violates provisions of this act shall be subject to a fine of 

 not less than one dollar nor more than ten dollars. 



Approved March 17, 1899. 



MARYLAND. 1 



Laws of 1898, chap. 206, pp. 709-713. 



Sec 15b. [Permits killing of doves between August 15 and December 24. J 

 Sec. 15d. [Permits shooting of reedbirds between September 1 and November 1.] 

 Sec. 15e. [Permits sale of flickers in Baltimore between August 15 and Decem- 

 ber 24.] 



Sec. 15h. No person shall, in this State, at any time shoot or in any manner catch 

 or kill, expose for sale, sell or buy, or have in possession, alive or dead, any turkey- 

 buzzard, wren, sparrow, bluebird, humming bird, bluejay, migratory or other thrush, 

 wood robin, red breasted robin, martin, mocking bird, cat bird, swallow, oriole, red 

 bird, lark, indigo bird, joe wink, pewitt, sapsucker, whippoorwill, gold finch, yellow- 

 breasted chat, cedar bird, herring gull or mackerel gull, or gull of any description, 

 under a penalty of not less than one (51) dollar nor more than five ($5) dollars for 

 each such bird so shot, caught, killed, exposed for sale, sold, bought or had in pos- 

 session; and no person shall, under like penalty, have in his or her possession, offer 

 for sale or wear, the skins, plumage, wings, or feathers of any of the birds, the catch- 

 ing or killing of which is prohibited by this section; provided, however, that noth- 

 ing herein contained shall be so construed as to make it unlawful to shoot, catch or 

 kill, or in any manner destroy, at any time, any hawk or other birds destructive to 

 domestic poultry, or any English sparrow, or crow, or blackbird; provided, that this 

 section shall not apply to St. Mary's County and Calvert County; provided, that it 

 shall be lawful to have mocking birds or red birds, or other songbirds in cages, or 

 stuffed specimens of any said birds in educational institutions, or public or private 

 museums. 



1 "Note. — The old County acts in regard to song and insectivorous birds * * * 

 except in St. Mary's County and Calvert County * * * have been repealed and 

 the State law is now in force over the entire State." — Maryland Game and Fish 

 Protective Association, Game Laws, 1898, p. 124. 



