INDEX. 



Aet.Laeey, 52-5^. 



Act proposed by American Ornithologists' Union, 



47^9, 

 Age limits for issue of permits, 37. 

 Alabama, counties exempt from law of 1899,45. 



law, 56-57. 



captive birds, 42. 

 Alaska law, 57. 



American Ornithologists' Union, definition of 

 game birds, 14. 



groups of birds recognized, 14, 25. 



proposed act, 47-49. 

 Arizona law, 57. 

 Arkansas law, 57-58. 

 Audubon societies, 9, 44. 



Bill, Hoar, 49-50. 



Lacey, 52-54. 



Teller, 50-51. 

 Bird and Arbor Day laws, 12, 90. 



Connecticut, 90. 



Minnesota, 90. 



Wisconsin, 90. 

 Birds, caged, 42-43. 



exempt from protection, 35-87. 



imported, subject to State laws, 55. 



not to be used for millinery purposes, 11-12. 



number of species in North America, 25. 



of prey, 28-30. 



plume, 25-28. 



Bitterns, exempt from protection, 37. 



protected, 34, 35, 74, 85. 

 Blackbirds, 21. 



exempt from protection, 36, 37. 



marsh, regarded as game, 21. 



red-winged, regarded as game, 21. 

 Bobolinks or reedbirds, 18-19. 

 Bonds required from scientific collectors, 37-40. 

 Bounty laws, 28. 



Bouvier, definition of game birds, 13. 

 British Columbia, definition of game birds, 14. 



law, 85-86. 



captive birds, 43. 

 Butcher birds exempt from protection, 36. 

 Buzzards, turkey, 29. 



Caged birds, 42H13. 

 California, county legislation, 27. 

 law, 58-59. 



against millinery use of birds, 11. 



captive birds, 42. 



plume-bird protection, 27. 



Canadian laws, 85-89. 



Captive birds, 42-43. 



Collecting for scientific purposes, 37-40. 



Colorado, law, 59-60. 



number of species of birds, 23. 

 Commissioners of birds in Rhode Island, 44, 79. 

 Connecticut, Bird Day, 12, 90. 



early law, 10. 



law, 60. 

 Convention of 1885 between France and Switzer- 

 land, 10. 

 Cormorants exempt from protection, 37. 

 Counties exempt from State laws, 45-46. 

 County laws, conflicting, 45-46. 



legislation, 27. 

 Cranes, exempt from protection, 36, 37. 



protected, 31, 82, 60. 

 Crow blackbirds exempt from protection, 36, 37. 

 Crows exempt from protection, 36, 37. 

 Curlews exempt from protection, 37. 



Decisions, State courts, 55. 



Supreme Court, 55-56. 

 Defects of existing laws, 45-47. 

 Definitions, game birds, 18-14. 



insectivorous birds, 23-24. 



plume birds, 25-28. 

 Delaware law, 60-61. 

 District of Columbia law, 61. 

 Dove, Carolina, 15-17. 



food, 16-17. 



mourning, 15-17, 31-35. 



open seasons, 16. 



turtle, 15-17, 31-35. 



Eagles, exempt from protection, 36, 37. 



protected, 29. 

 Eggs and nests, 27-28, 31-35. 

 Egrets protected, 27, 32, 34, 62, 81. 

 Enforcement of protective laws, 48-44. 

 England, protection of eggs, 12. 



game birds, 12. 



sea birds, 12. 



wild birds protection act, 12. 



wild fowl, 12. 

 English sparrows exempt from protection, 86, 37. 



Falcons exempt from protection, 37. 



Feathers, laws prohibiting wearing or sale, 11-12, 



49-50. 

 Federal legislation, 12, 49-54. 

 Fees for collectors' permits, 81-35. 

 Fish hawks protected in Rhode Island, 29, 78. 

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