Wyoming Sirds. 17 



The State Law in Reference to Birds 



(From the Wyoming Compiled Statutes, 1910, Page 721.) 



"Sec. 2788. Unlwvivi, to Kill — Penalty. Any person who 

 shall, within the State of Wyoming, kill or catch or have in his 

 possession, living or dead, any wild bird other than a game bird, or 

 who shall purchase, offer, or expose for sale any such wild bird 

 after it has been killed or caught, shall for each offense, be subject 

 to a fine of not more than five dollars for each such bird killed or 

 caught, or had in possession living or dead, or imprisonment for not 

 more than ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. For the 

 purposes of this chapter the following only shall be considered game 

 birds : The Anatidae, commonly known as swans, geese, brant and 

 river and lake ducks ; the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, coots, 

 and mud-hens; the Limicolae, commonly known 'as shore-birds, 

 plovers, snipe, sandpipers, tatlers, willets, curlews, godwits, and avo- 

 cets, sagehens, partridges and quails. 



"Sec. 2789. Destruction or- Eggs — Penalty. Any person who 

 shall, within the State of Wyoming, take or needlessly destroy the 

 nest or the eggs of any wild bird, or shall have such a nest or eggs 

 in his or her possession, shall be subject for each offense to a fine 

 of not more than five- dollars, or imprisonment for not more than 

 ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. 



"Sec. 2793 Birds Not Protected. The following named birds 

 shall be exempt from protection under the provisions of this chap- 

 ter, viz. : English sparrow, magpie, sharp-shinned hawk, Cooper's 

 hawk, gos hawk, duck hawk, golden or brown eagle, kingfisher and 

 blue heron." 



