288 STATE OF NEW YORK. 



Destroying or Robbing Nests. 



§ 80. The nests of wild birds shall not be robbed or willfully or needlessly destroyed unless 

 when necessary to protect buildings or prevent their defacement. This section does not apply 

 to the English sparrow, hawk, crane, crow, raven, crow blackbird and common blackbird or 

 kingfisher. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty- 

 five dollars for each nest robbed or destroyed contrary to the provisions of this section. 



Snaring, Netting or Trapping Certain Game Birds Forbidden. 



§ 81. English pheasants, ruffed grouse, commonly known as partridge, or any member of 

 the grouse family, or quail, shall not be trapped, netted or snared, nor shall any person possess 

 any of said birds so taken, nor shall any net, trap or snare of any kind commonly used for taking 

 ruffed grouse, or any member of the grouse family, or quail, be set. Any such net, trap or snare 

 is declared to be a public nuisance and may be abated and summarily destroyed. Whoever shall 

 violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each bird killed, 

 trapped, snared or possessed contrary to the provisions of this section. 



Mongolian Ring-necked Pheasant. 



§ 82. No person shall kill, expose for sale or have in his or her possession after the same has 

 been killed, any wild Mongolian ring-necked pheasant (phasius torquatus) prior to the year 

 nineteen hundred. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall 

 be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty- 

 five dollars for each bird killed, trapped, snared or possessed contrary to the provisions of this 

 section. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the county of Suffolk. 



(As amd. by chap. 180 of Laws of 1896.) 



Authority to Collect Birds, Et Cetera, for Scientific Purposes. 



§ 83. Certificates may be granted by any incorporated society of natural history in the state 

 or by the regents of the university of the state of New York, through such persons or officers as 

 said society may designate, to any properly accredited person of the age of eighteen years or 

 upwards, permitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests, or eggs for strictly scientific 

 purposes only. In order to obtain such certificate the applicant for the same must present to the 

 person or persons having the power to grant said certificates written testimonials from two well- 

 known scientific men, certifying to the good character and fitness of said applicant to be intrusted 

 with such privilege. 



Steps to be Taken to Procure Certificates. 



§ 84. Such person except officers of the New York State Museum, must pay to said persons 

 or officers one dollar to defray necessary expenses attending the granting of such certificate, and 



