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THE GAME BREEDER 



ported in or out of the State where taken 

 during the respective open seasons in that 

 State, and may be imported from Canada dur- 

 ing the open season in the Province where 

 taken, in any manner, but not more than the 

 number thereof that may be taken in two days 

 by one person under these regulations shall 

 be transported by one person in one calendar 

 week out of the State where taken ; any such 

 migratory game birds or parts thereof in 

 transit during the open season may continue 

 in transit such additional time immediately 

 succeeding such open season, not to exceed 

 five days, necessary to deliver the same to 

 their destination ; and any package in which 

 migratory game birds or parts thereof are 

 transported shall have the name and address 

 of the shipper and of the consignee and an 

 accurate statement of the numbers and kinds 

 of birds contained therein clearly and con- 

 spicuously marked on the outside thereof ; but 

 no such birds shall be transported from any 

 State, Territory or District to or through an- 

 other State, Territory or District, or to or 

 through a Province of the Dominion of Can- 

 ada contrary to the laws of the State, Terri- 

 tory, or District, or Province of the Dominion 

 of Canada in which they were taken or from 

 which they are transported ; nor shall any such 

 birds be transported into any State, Territory, 

 or District from another State, Territory, or 

 District or from any State, Territory, or Dis- 

 trict into any province of the Dominion of 

 Canada at a time when such State, Territory, 

 or District, or Province of the Dominion of 

 Canada prohibits the possession or transporta- 

 tion thereof. 



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Regulation 8 — Permits to propagate and sell 

 migratory waterfowl. 



Paragraph 2 of Regulation 8 is amended so 

 as to read as follows : 



2. A person authorized by a permit issued 

 by the Secretary may possess, buy, sell, and 

 transport migratory waterfowl and their in- 

 crease and eggs in any manner and at any 

 time for propagating purposes ; and migratory 

 waterfowl, except the birds taken under para- 

 graph 1 of this regulation, so possessed may 

 be killed by him at any time, in any manner, 

 except that they MAY BE KILLED BY 

 SHOOTING only during the open season for 

 waterfowl in the State where taken, and the 

 unplucked carcasses and the plucked car- 

 casses, with heads and feet attached thereto, 

 of the birds so killed may be sold and trans- 

 ported by him in any manner and at any 

 time to any person for actual consumption, or 

 to the keeper of a hotel, restaurant, or board- 

 ing house, retail dealer in meat or game, or 

 a club, for sale or service to their patrons, 

 who may possess such carcasses for actual 

 consumption without a permit, but after mid- 

 night of March 31, 1919, no migratory water- 

 fowl killed by shooting shall be bought or 

 sold unless each bird before attaining the age 

 of four weeks shall have had removed from 



the web of one foot a portion thereof in the 

 form of a "V" large enough to make a per- 

 manent well-defined mark which shall be suf- 

 ficient to identify them as birds raised in 

 domestication under a permit. 

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Regulation 9 — Permits to collect migratory 

 birds for scientific purposes. 



Regulation 9 is amended so as to read as 

 follows : 



A person may take in any manner and at 

 any time migratory birds and their nests and 

 eggs for scientific purposes when authorized 

 by a permit issued by the Secretary, which 

 permit shall be carried on his person when he 

 is collecting specimens thereunder and shall 

 be exhibited to any person requesting to see 

 the same. 



Application for a permit must be addressed 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C, and must contain the following infor- 

 mation : Name and address of applicant and 

 name of State, Territory, or District in which 

 specimens are proposed to be taken and the 

 purpose for which they are intended. Each 

 application shall be accompanied by certificates 

 from two well-known ornithologists that the 

 applicant is a fit person to be entrusted with 

 a permit. 



The permit will authorize the holder thereof 

 to possess, buy, sell, and transport in any 

 manner and at any time migratory birds, parts 

 thereof, and their nests and eggs for scien- 

 tific purposes. Public museums, zoological 

 parks and societies, and public, scientific and 

 ■educational institutions may possess, buy, sell, 

 and transport in any manner and at any time 

 migratory birds and parts thereof, and their 

 nests and eggs for scientific purposes without 

 a permit, but no specimens shall be taken 

 without a permit. The plumage and skins of 

 migratory game birds legally taken may be 

 possessed and transported by a person without 

 a permit. 



A taxidermist when authorized by a permit 

 issued by the Secretary may possess, buy, sell, 

 and transport in any manner and at any time 

 migratory birds and parts thereof legally 

 taken. 



Permits shall be valid only during the calen- 

 dar year of issue, shall not be transferable, 

 and shall be revocable in the discretion of the 

 Secretary. A person holding a permit shall 

 report to the Secretary on or before January 

 10 following its expiration the number of 

 skins, nests, or eggs of each species collected, 

 bought, sold, or transported. 



Every package in which migratory birds or 

 their nests or eggs are transported shall have 

 clearly and conspicuously marked on the out- 

 side thereof the name and address of the 

 sender, the number of the permit in every case 

 when a permit is required, the name and 

 address of the consignee, a statement that it 

 contains specimens of birds, their nests, or 

 eggs for scientific purposes, and, whenever 

 such a package is transported or offered for 



