168 THE ENGLISH SPARROW IN AMERICA. 



Connecticut. — Every persou who shall kill, cage, or trap any * * * sparrow 

 * * * between the first clays of February and September in any year, shall forfeit 

 one dollar for each bird so killed, caged, or trapped, to him who shall sue therefor. 

 (G. S., 1875, 229, section 4.) 



Dakota. — No law bearing ou the question. 



Delaware. — If any person within either of the counties of this State shall 

 kill, take, or destroy, upon lands not owned by himself, any of the following birds, 

 viz: * * * sparrow * * * or other insectivorous bird, or shall willfully take 

 or destroy the eggs or nest of any of the aforesaid birds, such person shall be deemed 

 guilty of a common nuisance, and, upon conviction thereof before any justice of the 

 peace in this State,shall be fined one dollar for each bird so killed, taken, or destroyed, 

 or for each nest of birds'-eggs take uor destroyed as aforesaid ; aud every personhav ing 

 such bird in his possession shall be deemed to have taken, killed, or destroyed the 

 same in violation of the provisions of this section, unless the contrary be proved ; aud 

 if such person shall fail or refuse to pay such fine and all costs immediately, the said 

 justice shall forthwith commit him to the custody of the sheriff until the same are 

 paid; one-half of said fine for the use of the State, and the other half for the in- 

 former. 



If any person or persons shall enter upon any lands not owned by himself, with 

 gun and dog. or with gun alone, for the purpose of shooting any kind of birds or 

 game, without first obtaining permission to do so by tbe owner or occupant, he shall 

 forfeit and pay a fine of five dollars. * * * (Laws of 1874, chapter 55, sections 

 15, 10.) 



District of Columbia. — No person shall kill or expose for sale, or have in his or her 

 possession dead, at any time any * * * sparrow * * * or any other insec- 

 tivorous bird, save as herein provided, under a penalty of two dollars for each bird 

 killed or in possession dead. (Act of June 15, 1878.) 



Florida. — No law bearing on the question. 



Georgia. — No law bearing on the question. 



Idaho. — No law bearing on the question. 



Illinois. — No person shall at any time within this State kill, or attempt to trap, net, 

 ensnare, destroy or kill, any * * * sparrow * * * nor rob or destroy the nests of 

 such birds or either or any of them. And any person so offending shall, on convic- 

 tion, be fined the sum of five dollars for each and every bird so killed, aud for each 

 and every nest robbed or destroyed : Provided, That nothing in this section shall be 

 construed to prevent the owner or occupant of lands from destroying any of the birds 

 herein named on the same, when deemed necessary for the protection of fruits or 

 property. (Revised Statutes, 1874, chapter 61, section 3.) 



Indiana. — Whoever kills or injures, or pursues with intent to do so, any * * * 

 sparrow * * * or wantonly destroys or disturbs the eggs of any such birds, shall 

 be fined not more than ten dollars nor less than one dollar. (Revised Statutes, 1881, 

 section 2108.) 



Indian Terriiorjj. — No law bearing on tb.3 question. 



Iowa. — If any person kill, trap, ensnare, or in any manner destroy, any of the birds 

 of this State, excepting birds of prey, the migratory aquatic birds, and those which 

 are useful for food, and the killing of which at certain seasons of the year is uow 

 permitted by law, or in any manner destroy the eggs of such birds as are hereby in- 

 tended to he protected from destruction, he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, 

 and, on conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five 

 dollars. * * * (Statutes, 1880, section 4063.) 



Kansas.— It shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time, excepting as 

 hereinafter provided, to catch, kill, trap, shoot, or ensnare, or to pursue with such 

 intent, any wild bird except the wild goose, duck, hawk, excepting the harrier, crow, 

 bluejay, snipe, curlew, plover, piper, bittern, heron, crane, and woodpecker. * * * 

 Any person found guilty of violation of any of the provisions of this act shall be 



