170 THE ENGLISH SPARROW IN AMERICA. 



decide upon sucn application, and if satisfied of the correctness of such claim, shall 

 issue a certificate stating the amount of bounty to which such applicant is entitled, 

 and deliver the same to said applicant, and shall destroy the heads of such Sparrows. 



Sec. 3. Such certificate may be presented by the claimant or his agent to the 

 county treasurer of the county in which such Sparrow or Sparrows may have been 

 killed, who shall pay the same out of the contingent fund of said county. 



This act is ordered to take immediate effect. 



Approved March 15, 1887. 



Minnesota. — No law bearing on the question. 



Mississippi. — If any person shall at any time * * * destroy or rob the nest of 

 any wild bird whatever, except crows, blackbirds, bluejays, hawks, owls, and other 

 birds of prey * * * or shall have in his possession, or shall sell or buy, or offer 

 or expose for sale, or receive for transportation or carriage, or on deposit, or for sale, 

 or for any other purpose, any of the eggs of any wild bird, except those above ex- 

 cepted * * * he shall on conviction be fined not more than oue dollar for each 

 egg, and not more than three dollars for each fowl or bird * * * one-half of 

 which on recovery shall be paid to the informer * * * (Revised Code, 1880, chap- 

 ter 29, section 955.) 



Missouri. — It shall be unlawful for any person to catch, kill or injure, or attempt 

 to catch, kill or injure any wild songbird, or any * * * insectivorous bird at any 

 season of the year * * * and it shall be unlawful for any person at any time or 

 season to disturb, rob or destroy any wild bird's nest, or take therefrom any egg or 

 eggs of any wild bird whatsoever. 



The provisions of section one shall not apply to any person who shall kill any bird 

 on his own premises m the act of destroying fruits, grapes, or honey-bees * * * 



Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this act, shall, upon convic- 

 tion, bo adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor, and punished by fine not exceeding 

 twenty dollars for each and every animal and bird caught, killed or injured. * * * 

 (Act of April 11, 1877, sections 1, 2, and 5.) 



Montana.— Any person who shall willfully shoot, or otherwise kill or in any man- 

 ner whatever cause to be killed, any robin * * * or any other of the small 

 birds known as singing birds, shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon 

 conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than five nor more than ten 

 dollars for each offense committed. 



Any person who shall willfully destroy the nests or carry away the eggs from 

 the nests of any of the birds or wild fowl mentioned in this act, shall be deemed 

 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not 

 less than five dollars, nor more than ten dollars for each offense committed. (Act of 

 March 8, 1883, sections 7 and 8.) 



Nebraska. — It shall be unlawful for any person in the State of Nebraska to know- 

 ingly and intentionally kill, injure or harm, except upon the lands owned by such 

 person, any * * * sparrow * * * or other bird or birds of like nature, that 

 promote agriculture and horticulture by feeding on noxious worms and insects, or 

 that are attractive in appearance or cheerful in song. Any person violating any of 

 the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than three nor more than ten dol- 

 lars for each bird killed, injured or harmed. (Compiled Statutes, 1884, chapter 11, 

 section 83.) 



Nevada. — It shall be unlawful for any person or persons at any time to kill or in- 

 jure, or to pursue with such intent, any * * * sparrow * * * or to disturb 

 the nest or eggs of said bird. 



It shall be unlawful for any person or persons within this State at any time to 

 * * * destroy, injure or disturb the nest or eggs of any of the birds protected by 

 this act. 



Every person or persons offending against any of the provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum 

 not less tb,an twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars, or imprisoned 



