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KENTUCKY. 



Kentucky Statutes, 1894, pp. 718-719. 



Sec. 1945. [Protects doves between February 1 and August 1.] 



Sec. 1946. No person shall at any time catch, kill, or pursue with such intent, or 

 have in possession after the same has been caught or killed, any thrush, meadow- 

 lark, finch, martin, swallow, woodpecker, flicker, oriole, red bird, tanager, cat-bird, 

 blue-bird or other song or insectivorous bird, except where the same shall be 

 destructive to the fruit or grain crops. 



Sec. 1948. No person shall rob or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird Avhat- 

 soever, save only those of a predatory nature, and destructive of other birds or fowls. 



Sec. 1949. Any person guilty of violating any of the provisions of either of the 

 preceding sections shall be fined for each offense not less than five nor more than 

 twenty-five dollars. 



Sec. 1952. [Unlawful killing, catching, or possession of each of the birds protected 

 by this law shall constitute a separate offense, and two or more offenses may be 

 joined in the same warrant or indictment.] 



Act of February 27, 1894. 



LOUISIANA. 



Revised Laws, 1897, p. 247. 



Sec. 4. That no person shall catch, kill or pursue, with such intent, or have in pos- 

 session after the same has been caught or killed, any whippoorwill, sparrow, finch, 

 oriole, bluebird, swallow, night haw^k, or blackbird, except when the same shall be 

 destructive to the fruit or grain crop, under a penalty of not less than five nor more 

 than twenty-five dollars for each offense. 



Sec. 5. That no person shall rob or destroy the nests or eggs of any wild bird what- 

 soever, save only those of a predatory nature, and destructive of game or insectivo- 

 rous birds, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars for 

 each offense. 



Sec. 6. That no person shall entraji, net, kill, or pursue with such intent, or have 

 the same in possession at any time during the year, any song bird, especially the 

 mocking bird, except domesticated birds, except the birds be entrapped or netted 

 for the purpose of domestication, under a penalty of not less than five nor more than 

 twenty-five dollars for each offense, except when the same shall prove destructive to 

 tlie fruit or grain crops. 



Sec. 14. That all acts and violations of this law denominated as offenses in the 

 foregoing sections shall be and are hereby declared to be crimes against the State of 

 Louisiana, and it shall be the duty of all district attorneys and district attorneys pro 

 tempore of the State to prosecute before any court of competent jurisdiction all 

 offenders and persons committing misdemeanors under the provisions of this Act. 

 (Act 60, Extra session 1877, p. 100.) 



[Act of 1900 protects doves from April 1 to September 1.] 



MAINE. 



Public Laws of 1899, chap. 42, pp. 35-36. 



Sec. 12. Whoever kills, or has in his possession, any birds commonly known as 

 larks, robins, swallows, sparrows, Avoodpeckers or orioles, or other insectivorous 

 birds, qrows, English sparrows and hawks excepted, forfeits not less than one dollar, 

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