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between the rules of the State Commis- 

 sion and the provisions of the Federal 

 Regulations, but the state rules contain 

 requirements that are not mentioned in 

 the Federal Regulations. 

 ■ Under the Federal Regulations no 

 wild ducks that have been captured for 

 propagating purposes can be killed or 

 sold for food purposes, but may be sold 

 only for propagating purposes under 

 Federal permits and in accordance with 

 state laws. The increase from such 

 captured wild ducks may be killed and 

 sold as provided by the Federal Regu- 

 lations and in accordance with state 

 laws. 



The Bureau has been preparing a draft 

 of an amendment of Regulation 8 pro- 

 viding for the tagging of wild ducks that 

 have been captured for propagating 

 purposes and wild ducks raised in do- 

 mestication. The provisions of this ten- 

 tative amendment are not onerous, but 

 are designed to place a reasonable check 

 on the traffic in order that ducks cap- 

 tured for propagating purposes and 

 those raised in domestication may be dis- 

 tinguished from wild birds. 



For your further information we take 

 pleasure in sending herewith a memo- 

 randum which explains the scope and 

 application of the present Federal Reg- 

 ulations with respect to propagating 

 migratory waterfowl and the authority 

 conferred by Federal propagating per- 

 mits." 



Breeders can get full information 

 about the Federal Regulations and the 

 game laws of their states which relate to 

 wild ducks by writing to the Biological 

 Survey, Washington, D. C. 



MEMORANDUM 



Relating to permits authorizing traffic in 



migratory waterfowl and their eggs for 



propagating purposes. 



The Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 

 1918, provides that: 



"It shall be unlawful to hunt, take, capture, 

 kill, attempt to take, capture or kill, possess, 

 offer for sale, sell, offer to purchase, purchase, 

 deliver for shipment, ship, cause to be shipped, 

 deliver for transportation, transport, cause to 

 be transported, carry or cause to be carried by 

 any means whatever, receive for shipment, 

 transportation or carriage, or export, at any 

 time or in any manner, any migratory bird, 

 included in the terms of the convention be- 

 tween the United States and Great Britain for 



the protection of migratory birds concluded 

 August sixteenth, nineteen hundred and six- 

 teen, or any part, nest, or egg of any such 

 bird." 



No migratory waterfowl or their eggs can 

 be taken, possessed, sold, purchased, shipped, 

 or transported for propagating purposes ex- 

 cept as specifically permitted by Regulation 8 

 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act Regulations. 

 This includes migratory waterfowl held by any 

 person on July 3, 1918. 



Two forms of permits are provided. A per- 

 mit issued pursuant to paragraph 3 of Regula- 

 tion 8 should be applied for on form Bi-279 

 and will authorize a person to take a limited 

 number of wild migratory waterfowl and their 

 eggs, and to traffic in such birds and eggs and 

 in other migratory waterfowl and their eggs 

 solely for propagating purposes. THE WILD 

 BIRDS SO TAKEN CANNOT BE KILLED, 

 NOR CAN THEY BE SOLD OR TRANS- 

 PORTED EXCEPT FOR PROPAGATING 

 PURPOSES AND THEN ONLY TO A 

 PERSON HOLDING A FEDERAL PER- 

 MIT. The permit will not authorize any 

 migratory waterfowl to be killed and trafficked 

 in for food purposes. 



A permit issued pursuant to paragraph 2 of 

 Regulation 8 should be applied for on Bi-281 

 and will authorize the permittee to possess, 

 purchase, sell and transport for propagating 

 purposes migratory waterfowl, their increase 

 and eggs, lawfully taken and possessed, and to 

 kill birds raised in domestication and to sell 

 and transport their carcasses for food pur- 

 poses as provided in said Regulation 8. Such 

 permit does not authorize the taking of wild 

 migratory waterfowl for any purpose. 



Migratory waterfowl lawfully taken and pos- 

 sessed under these permits may be used and 

 transported for ornamental, exhibition, and 

 decoy purposes. 



These Federal permits do not authorize 

 migratory waterfowl to be taken, possessed, 

 or trafficked in contrary to state laws, and all 

 persons are cautioned to comply with the pro- 

 visions of state laws before operating under 

 Federal permits. 



Reports of operations under these permits 

 must be furnished during the month of Jan- 

 uary next following their issuance as required 

 by paragraph 5 of Regulation 8. 



For further information in regard to Federal 

 game laws apply to Biological Survey, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 



The Time to Advertise. 



Many game breeders delay sending in 

 their advertisements offering eggs until 

 the birds begin to lay. This is a mis- 

 take. The people who want a big lot of 

 eggs begin inquiring for them early and 

 those who keep their advertisements 

 standing get the best results, of course. 



