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3. Any package in which such waterfowl or parts thereof or their eggs are 

 transported shall have plainly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof 

 the name and address of the permittee, the number of his permit, the name 

 and address of the consignee, and an accurate statement of the number and 

 kinds of birds or eggs contained therein. 



4. Applications for permits must be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, and must contain the following Information: Name and 

 address of applicant ; place where the business is to be carried on ; number 

 of acres of land used in the business and whether owned or leased by the appli- 

 cant; number of each species of waterfowl in possession of applicant; names 

 of species and number of birds or eggs of each species if permission is asked 

 to take waterfowl or their eggs ; and the particular locality where it is desired 

 to take such waterfowl or eggs. 



5. A person granted a permit under this regulation shall keep books and 

 records which shall correctly set forth the total number of each species of 

 waterfowl and their eggs possessed on the date of application for the permit 

 and on the first day of January next following ; also for the calendar year for 

 which permit was issued the total number of each species reared and killed, 

 number of each species and their eggs sold and transported, manner in which 

 such waterfowl and eggs were transported, name and address of each person 

 from or to whom waterfowl and eggs were purchased or sold, together with 

 number and species and whether sold alive or dead; and the date of each 

 transaction. A written report correctly setting forth this information shall 

 be furnished the Secretary during the month of January next following the 

 issuance of the permit. 



6. A permittee shall at all reasonable hours allow any authorized eliployee 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture to enter and inspect the prem- 

 ises where operations are being carried on under this regulation and to inspect 

 the books and records of such permittee relating thereto. 



7. Permits issued under this regulation shall be valid only during the calen- 

 dar year of issue, shall not be transferable, and may be revoked by the Secre- 

 tary, if the permittee violates any of the provisions of the Migratory Bird 

 Treaty Act or of the regulations thereunder. 



8. A person engaged in the propagation of migratory waterfowl on the date 

 on which these regulations become effective will be allowed until September 30, 

 1918, to apply for the permit required by this regulation, but he shall not take 

 any migratory waterfowl without a permit. 



[As amended October 25, 1918, and July 9, 1920.] 



REGULATION 9.— PERMITS TO COLLECT MIGRATORY BIRDS FOR SCIENTIFIC 



PURPOSES. 



A person may take in any manner and at any time migratory birds and their 

 nests and eggs for scientific purposes when authorized by a permit Issued by 

 the Secretary, which permit shall be carried on his person when he is collecting 

 specimens thereunder and shall be exhibited to any person requesting to see the 

 same. 



Application for a permit must be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, and must contain the following information : Name and ad- 

 dress of applicant, his age, and name of State, Territory, or District In which 

 specimens are proposed to be taken and the purpose for which they are 

 intended. Each application shall be accompanied by certificates from two well- 

 known ornithologists that the applicant is a fit person to be intrusted witli 

 a permit. 



