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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 

 during the open seasons in the Province 

 where taken, in any manner, but not more by 

 one person in one calendar week than the 

 number that may be taken under these regula- 

 tions in two days by one person ; 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' 

 another State, Territory, or District, or to or 

 through a Province of the Dominion of 

 Canada contrary to the laws of the State, 

 Territory, 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 District 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 transportation thereof. 

 Regulation 7— Taking of Certain Migra- 

 tory Nongame Birds by Eskimos and 

 Indians in Alaska. 

 In Alaska Eskimos and Indians may take 

 for the use of themselves and their immediate 

 families, in any manner and at any time, and 

 possess and transport auks, auklets, guille- 

 mots, murres, and puffins and their eggs for 

 food, and their skins for clothing. 

 Regulation 8 — Permits to Propagate and 

 Sell Migratory Waterfowl. 



1. A person may take in any manner and 

 at any time migratory waterfowl and their 

 eggs for propagating purposes when author- 

 ized by a permit issued by the Secretary. 

 Waterfowl and their eggs so taken may be 

 possessed by the permittee and may be sold 

 and transported by him for propagating pur- 

 poses to any person holding a permit issued 

 by the Secretary in accordance with the pro- 

 visions of this regulation. 



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 migra- 

 tory waterfowl, except the birds taken under 

 paragraph 1 of this regulation, so possessed 

 MAY BE KILLED BY HIM IN ANY 

 MANNER EXCEPT BY SHOOTING, 

 and the unplucked carcasses and the plucked 



carcasses with heads attached thereto of the 

 birds so killed may be sold and transported 

 by him in any manner and at any time to any 

 person for actual consumption, or to the 

 keeper of a hotel, restaurant, or boarding 

 house, retail dealer in meat or game, or a 

 club, for sale or service to their patrons, who 

 may possess such carcasses for actual con- 

 sumption without a permit. 



■ 3. Any package in which such waterfowl 

 or parts thereof or their eggs are transported 

 shall have plainly and conspicuously marked 

 on the outside thereof the name and address 

 of the permittee, the number of his permit, 

 the name and address of the consignee, and 

 an accurate statement of the number and 

 kinds of birds or eggs contained therein. 



4. Applications for permits must be ad- 

 dressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 



. Washington, D. C, and must contain the fol- 

 lowing information : Name and address of 

 applicant ; place where the business is to be 

 carried on; number of acres of land used in 

 the business and whether owned or leased by 

 the applicant; number of each species of 

 waterfowl in possession of applicant; name 

 of species and number of birds or eggs of 

 each species if permission is asked to take 

 waterfowl or their eggs; and the particular 

 locality where it is desired to take such water- 

 fowl or eggs. 



5. A person granted a permit under this 

 regulation shall keep books and records which 

 shall correctly set forth the total number of 

 each species of waterfowl and their eggs 

 possessed on the date of application for the 

 permit and on the first day of January next 

 following; also for the calendar year for 

 which permit was issued the total number of 

 each species reared and killed, number of each 

 species and their eggs sold and transported, 

 manner in which such waterfowl and eggs 

 were transported, name and address of each 

 person from or to whom waterfowl and eggs 

 were purchased or sold, together with num- 

 ber and species and whether sold alive or 

 dead ; and the date of each transaction. A 

 written report correctly setting forth this in- 

 formation shall be furnished the Secretary 

 during the month of January next following 

 the issuance of the permit. 



6. A permittee shall at all reasonable 

 hours allow any authorized employee of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture to 

 enter and inspect the premises where opera- 

 tions are being carried on under this regula- 

 tion and to inspect the books and records of 

 such permittee relating thereto. 



7. Permits issued under this regulation 

 shall be valid only during the calendar year 

 of issue, shall not be transferable, and may 

 be revoked by the Secretary, if the permittee 

 violates' any of the provisions of the Migra- 

 tory . Bird Treaty Act or of the regulations 

 thereunder. 



8. A person engaged in the propagation 

 of migratory waterfowl on the date on which 



