

LIST OF PROTECTED SPECIES 



Knowledge of the distribution and migration of American birds 

 has continued to advance. Also, as the birds themselves have increased 

 or decreased in numbers - frequently because of man-made changes in their 

 habitats - their ranges have been expanded or restricted. For example, 

 the Laughing Gull was not included in the original list as it was not 

 then found in Canada . It has, however, been steadily extending its range 

 to the northward and at least two breeding colonies are now known to be 

 flourishing in the Province of Nova Scotia. This also is true of the 

 Tufted Titmouse which is now found regularly in the southern part of eastern 

 Canada. 



On the basis of a critical study of the ranges of all North 

 American birds coming within the scope of the two Conventions and of 

 Federal Court decisions in support thereof, a revised list of the species 

 now considered as under the protection of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, 

 has been prepared. When a species is named, it includes all of its sub- 

 species or geographic races. 



Included in this list are the additional species that are 

 protected only in Alaska. These are so designated by an asterisk (*) . 



The names used are chiefly those that have been accepted by 

 the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American 

 Ornithologists' Union and which will appear in the fifth edition of the 

 Check-List of North American Birds. Where important changes have been 

 made in the common names, the old name (A »0.U. Check-List, 1931 ed.) is 

 given in parenthesis. 



The list is here presented for the information and guidance 

 of all those concerned: 



AoO.Uo "No. 



Common Name 



AoO.U. No, 



Common Name 



Loons : 



Albatrosses: 



7 Common Loon 



8 Yellow-billed Loon 



10 Arctic Loon (Pacific) 



11 Red-throated Loon 



*81 Black-footed Albatross 

 *82 Short-tailed Albatross 



Petrels and Shearwaters: 



Grebes : 



2 Red-necked Grebe (Holboell's) 



3 Horned Grebe 



4 Eared Grebe 



1 Western Grebe 



6 Pied-billed Grebe 



96 Slender-billed Shearwater 



95 Sooty Shearwater 



93 Black-vented Shearwater 



95.1 Pale- footed Shearwater 



91 Pink-footed Shearwater 



89 Greater Shearwater 



88 Cinereous Shearwater (Cory's) 



