THE GAME BREEDER 



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these regulations become effective will be al- 

 lowed until September 30, 1918, to apply for 

 the permit required by this regulation, but 

 he shall not take any migratory waterfowl 

 without a permit. 



Regulation 9 — Permits to Collect Migra- 

 tory Birds for Scientific Purposes. 



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.j and must contain the following in- 

 formation: 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 cer- 

 tificates from two well-known ornithologists 

 that the applicant is a fit person to be en- 

 trusted with a permit. 



The permit will authorize the holder there- 

 of to possess, buy, sell, and transport in any 

 manner and at any time migratory birds, 

 parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for 

 scientific purposes. Public museums, zoo- 

 logical parks and societies, and public scien- 

 tific 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 pur- 

 poses without a permit, but no specimens 

 shall be taken without a permit. 



Permits shall be valid only during the' 

 calendar year of issue, shall not be transfer- 

 able, 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 num- 

 ber 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 outside 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 



* transportation from the Dominion of Canada 

 into the United States or from the United 

 States into the Dominion of Canada, an ac- 

 curate statement of the contents. 



Regulation 10 — Permits to Kill Migratory 

 Birds Injurious to Property. 



When information is furnished the Secre- 



»tary that any species of migratory bird has 

 become, under extraordinary conditions, 

 seriously injurious to agricultural or other 

 interests in any particular community, an in- 

 vestigation will be made to determine the 

 nature and extent of the injury, whether the 



birds alleged to be doing the damage should 

 be killed, and, if so, during what times and 

 by what means. Upon his determination an 

 appropriate order will be made. 

 • Now, therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, 

 President of the United States of America, 

 do hereby approve and proclaim the forego- 

 ing regulations. 



In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set 

 my hand and caused the seal of the United 

 States of America to be affixed. 



Done in the District of Columbia, 

 this thirty-first day of July, in 

 the year of our Lord, One Thou- 

 (Seal) sand, Nine Hundred and Eight- 

 een, and of the Independence of 

 the United States of America 

 the One Hundred and Forty- 

 Third. 



WOODROW WILSON. 

 By the President, 

 Frank L. Polk, 



Acting Secretary of State. 



Readers will observe that the "other- 

 wise than by shooting" man got his 

 work in when Paragraph 2 of Section 

 8 above was written. We keep a car- 

 toon in stock showing a sportsman 

 killing a wild duck with a hatchet. 

 This was effectively used to take the 

 "otherwise than by shooting" nonsense 

 out of state laws. We will spring the 

 picture again if necessary, but the reg- 

 ulations we hope will be amended 

 without further notice. The shooting 

 clubs are the best customers for game 

 farmers and breeders. Shooting also 

 is the main inducement to production. 

 Darwin tells us shooting causes the 

 abundance of game. Why stop it ? 



[Sample form of application for a permit 

 to trap wild fowl. To obtain this form write 

 to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 

 D. C. Our advertisers can attend to the 

 trapping and will procure permits and furnish 

 birds, no doubt. If you intend to shoot and 

 sell the game produced mention this fact on 

 the application and refuse the permit unless 

 shooting be permitted.] 



United States Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Biological Survey.. 

 APPLICATION FOR A PERMIT TO 

 TAKE, POSSESS, BUY, SELL, AND 

 TRANSPORT MIGRATORY WATER- 

 FOWL AND THEIR EGGS FOR 

 PROPAGATING PURPOSES. 

 The Secretary of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Sir: 



I, • , the undersigned, 



do hereby make application for a permit to 

 take, possess, buy, sell, and transport migra- 

 tory waterfowl -and their eggs for propagat- 



