III. CANADIAN LAWS FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Measures for the protection of birds in the Provinces of Canada are 

 similar in many respects to those in force in the United States. 

 British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, 

 and Quebec all have statutes relating to non-game birds, but appar- 

 ently no such laws are in force in Prince Edward Island or the North- 

 west Territories. The recent laws of Manitoba have not been seen, 

 and it is possible that some amendment to the Revised Statutes which 

 should be included has been overlooked. 



BRITISH COLUMBIA. 

 Statutes of 1898, chap. 24, p. 123. 



[Sec.]' 2. * * * The expression, "game bird," wherever the same occurs in 

 this Act, shall mean a bird protected by the provisions of this Act. 



[Sec.] 5. No person other than the importer, on his own property held as a pri- 

 vate reserve, shall hunt, trap, take, shoot at, kill or wound any game birds or ani- 

 mals hereafter imported for acclimatization purposes and distributed in any part of 

 the Province, until such time, and thereafter under such regulations, as the 

 Lieutenant-Governor shall appoint and make under the provisions of section 23 

 hereof. 



[Sec] 7. No eggs of any of the birds mentioned in this Act shall be taken, 

 destroyed or had in possession by any person at any time : Provided, however, It shall 

 be lawful for the Provincial Secretary, on such conditions as he shall think fit, by 

 writing under his hand, to at any time authorise any person to trap or have in his 

 possession any birds, or take eggs, for breeding or acclimatization purposes. * * * 



[Sec] 10. It shall be unlawful to catch, kill, destroy or pursue, or to buy, sell, or 

 expose for sale, show or advertisement, any of the game birds or animals during the 

 close seasons and prohibited times of sale set out in the following Schedule B, which 

 is deemed to be part of this Act, or otherwise contravene the provisions thereof. 



[Schedule B declares it unlawful at any time to shoot or destroy, buy, sell, or 

 expose for sale, show, or advertisement, birds living on noxious insects, blackbirds 

 (English), chaffinch, gull, linnet, robin, skylark, thrush, or eggs of protected birds. 

 It is unlawful to shoot or destroy bittern or meadow lark between March 1 and 

 August 31, or to buy, sell, or expose for sale at any time.] 



[Sec] 12. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to * * * the Curator of 

 the Provincial Museum, or his assistant, assistants, or agent (appointed by him in 

 writing), while collecting specimens of natural history for the Provincial Museum. 



[Sec] 23. It shall be lawful for the Lieutenant-Governor, in Council from time to 

 time to make rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, 

 for carrying out the true intent and meaning hereof, and for the protection of game 



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