74 LEGISLATION FOE THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



NEW YORK. 

 Laws of 1900, chap. 20. 



Sec. 20. Web-footed wild fowl shall not be taken or possessed from April thirtieth 

 to August thirty-first, both inclusive [on Long Island from May first to September 

 thirtieth, both inclusive, sec. 103] ; or taken in the night from an hour after sunset 

 until an hour before sunrise. 



Sec. 30. [Grebes and bitterns shall not be killed from May 1 to August 31, both 

 inclusive. (On Long Island grebes shall not be taken from December 31 to August 

 15, both inclusive, sec. 105, and bitterns from January 1 to June 30, both inclusive, 

 sec. 108.)] 



Sec. 33. Wild birds other than the English sparrow, crow, hawk, crane, raven, 

 crow-blackbird, common blackbird, kingfisher, and birds for which there is an open 

 season, shall not be taken or possessed at any time, dead or alive, except under the 

 authority of a certificate issued under this act. No part of the plumage, skin, or 

 body of any bird protected by this section shall be sold or had in possession for sale. 



Sec. 34. Nests of wild birds other than the English sparrow, hawk, crane, crow, 

 raven, crow-blackbird, common blackbird, or kingfisher, shall not be robbed or 

 willfully destroyed except when necessary to protect buildings or prevent their 

 defacement. 



Sec. 36. [Certificates for collecting birds, nests, or eggs for scientific purposes may 

 be granted by any society of natural history incorporated in the State, or by the 

 regents of the University of the State of New York, to any properly accredited per- 

 son of eighteen years of age or upward. The applicant for such certificate must pre- 

 sent written testimonials as to his good character and fitness from two well-known 

 scientific men. Applicants, except officers of the New York State Museum, must pay 

 one dollar and must also file a properly executed bond in the sum of two hundred . 

 dollars, signed by two responsible and approved sureties. Certificates shall be in 

 force for only one year from date of issue and shall not be transferable.] 



Sec. 38 (as amended by chap. 604, laws of 1900) . [Birds or game taken in this 

 State shall not be transported without the State, nor taken or possessed with intent 

 to transport the same without the State. ] 



Sec. 39. A person who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misde- 

 meanor, and is liable to a penalty of sixty dollars and to an additional penalty of 

 twenty-five dollars for each bird, or part of bird taken or possessed in violation 

 thereof. 



Approved May 2, 1900. 



Sec. 1109, Penal Code. [Shooting or hunting upon the first day of the week is 

 prohibited.] 



NORTH CAROLINA. 



Code of North Carolina, 1888, Vol. II, p. 235. 



Sec. 2834. No person shall kill or shoot, trap or net any partridges, quail, doves, 

 robins, lark, mocking-birds or wild turkeys, between the first day of April and the 

 fifteenth day of October in each year; and the person so offending shall be guilty of 

 a misdemeanor, and fined not exceeding ten dollars for each offence. (1874-75, chap. 

 195; 1881, chap. 254.) 



Sec. 2837. [No person shall hunt or shoot wild fowl on Sunday.] 



