28 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



protects no pliime birds except terns, but forbids the destruction of the 

 nests, eggs, or 3"oung of 'any wild bird,' with certain exceptions, thus 

 protecting the 3"oung of gulls and grebes as well as terns. Delaware, 

 Kentucky, and Louisiana likewise, which make no effort to protect 

 plume birds, have similar laws prohibiting the destruction of nests or 

 eggs of ' any wild bird,' and thus extend protection to the nests of grebes, 

 gulls, and terns. 



The following list of references has been prepared to facilitate con- 

 sultation of the yarious State laws relating to plume birds: 



Arkansas : Acts, 1897, XLI, sec. 1, p. 53 (wild birds) . 



California : Penal Code, 1897, p. 563, sec. 1 (gulls at Santa Monica) . 



Dela-ware : Rev. Stat., 1893, Ch. LY, sec. 6 (nests or eggs of any bird) . 



Florida: Rev. Stat., 1892, p. 8-47, sec. 2755 (nests, eggs, or young of sea l»ird.s or l)irds 



of plume) ; p. 992, sec. 1 (cranes, egrets, ibises, curlews, and herons) . 

 Illinois : Laws, 1899, p. 224, sec. 3 (wild birds). 

 Indiana : Thornton's Rev. Stat., 1897, sec. 2243 (wild birds). 

 Kentucky : Statutes, 1894, sec. 1948 (nests or eggs of any wild l)ird) . 

 Louisiana : Rev. Laws, 1897, p. 247, sec. 5 (nests or eggs of any wild bird). 

 Maine : Pub. Laws, 1899, ch. 42, sec. 12, p. 35 (nest, eggs, or young of any wild bird ' ) ; 



cli.nti, p. 119 (terns). 

 Maryland : Laws, 1898, ch. 206, sec. 15n. (gulls and terns [mackerel gulls]) . 

 Massachusetts : Suiij>leinent Pub. Stat., 1888, ch. 276, sees. 2 and 4 (wild birds). 

 Michigan: Pub. Acts, 1897, p. 202, .«ec. 20 (gulls). 

 Minnesota : Laws, 1899, ch. 242, sec. 10, p. 275. 

 New Jersey: Gen. Pul). I^ws, 1895, Ch. CCLV, sec. 8, p. 476 (nest or eggs of any 



wild bird); Laws, 19tX), ch. 73, sec. 5 (weWooted wild fowl). 

 New York : Laws, 1900, ch. 20, sec. 20 (web-foote<l wil.l fowl) ; sec. 30 (grelies) . 

 Oregon : ( Jen. I^aws, 1895, p. 97, sec. 27 (gulls) . 



Pennsylvania: Act«.f May 17, 1883, sec. 1 (web-fuotcd wild fowl). 

 Rhode Island: Laws, 1900, ch. 746, sec. 2 (wild birds). 

 Texas: Rev. Stat., 1895, IVnal Code, art. 519, p. 100 (sea gulls, terns, shearwaters, 



egrets, herons, and pelicans) . 

 Utah : Laws, 1899, ch. 26, s<>c. 22, p. 42 (gulls) . 

 Vermont : Stat., 1894, !>. 82*t, sec. 4614 (wil<l birds). 

 Virginia : Code, 1887, j.. 520, sec. 2079 (gulls <.r 'strikers' ). 

 Wisconsin : Acts, 1899, ch. 2<>7, sec. 1 (any ai|iiatic fnwl except g(^.se). 



BIRDS OF PREY. 



Ill view of tlic widespread i)rcjudice against l)irds of prey, it is per- 

 liaps not surprising that coniparativ(»ly littk' prot.n.'tion is given them. 

 Only u few years ago several States endeavored to exterminati' hawks 

 and owls liy means of l)ountii's,'- and although most of the l)ountios 

 have been withdrawn, protection is still withheld even in States which 

 haye the most comprehensive laws. The list of species exempt from 

 protectio!! on y)ages 8()-87 indicates how generally hawks and owls are 

 still held in disfavor. 



' Except herons, etc. (see p. 66) . 



* For a brief review of bounty legislation in the United States, see Palmer, Yearbook 

 Dtpt. Agr., ISlXi, pp. 5.S-.-1!); Yearbook Dej.t. Agr., 1899, pp. 271V282. 



