40 LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



. Regulations and permits for collecting hirds, nests, and eggs for scientific purposes — Con. 



State. 



Permits issued by— 



Testimonials from— 



Fee. Bond. 



Remarks. 



Rhode Island.. 



(1) Curator Museum 

 Zoology, Brown 

 URiversity; (2) 

 president Rhode 

 Island College of 

 Agriculture; (3) 

 any incorporated 

 society of natural 

 history; or, (4) any 

 college in the State. 









Applicant must be 1.5 or 

 over. 



South Caro- 









lina.* 



1 









Vermont 



Fish and game com- 

 missioners. 



Fish and game war- 

 den. 









Permits limited to 5 in 



Wisconsin 



Well-known sci- 

 entisUs. 







force at one time. 

 Applicant must be mem- 

 ber of, or accredited by, 

 Society of Natural His- 

 tory or educational in- 

 stitution ; specimens can 

 only be exchanged. 



bia.J 

 Manitoba 



Minifiter of Agricul- 



ttire. 

 Surveyor-General 











N e w Brnn.s- 











wick. 

 Nova Scotia . . . 













Ontario 



Chief game warden .. 









In force to end of cal- 





Commis.sioner lands, 

 forests, and fisher- 

 ies. 









endar year in which 

 issued. 













• Law not applicable to specimen.s collected for .scientiflc purposes. 



t Law not applicable to .specimen.s of plume birds collected for scientific purposes. 



J Law not ai)plicubk' to specimens coUecled by curator, assistants, or agents of l'n)vinciiil Mu.soum. 



LICENSES AND OTHER REGULATIONS REGARDING SHOOTING. 



Genonil roi.julution.'^ rofriirdinjr shootiiifr bolon^ more pioporh' to a 

 treatiso on gaiiio law.s. but since in sonio States thcvaro made to cover 

 all biixls, thev may be con.siderod very bricHy in this connection. 

 Tiieir primary object, of course, is game preservation whether by 

 restricting: huntinir, limitinjjf the number of l)irds which may be killed 

 in a day or a season or the j)urpo.ses for which they may l>e killed, or 

 establishing; special close .seasons. The .system of jjun licenses which 

 is strontj^ly advocated by the League of American Sportsmen, and 

 which has been adopted recently in Wyoming for big game, does not 

 seem to have been applied thus far to birds in general. Hunting 



