6 BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY [S. R. A. 
of Agriculture duly authorized to enforce the provisions of the migratory bird 
treaty act. 
8. A person may possess and transport for his own use, without a permit, 
live migratory waterfowl now lawfully possessed or hereafter lawfully acquired 
by him. but he may not purchase or sell such waterfowl without a permit. A 
State or municipal game farm or city park may possess, purchase, sell, and 
transport live migratory waterfowl without a permit, but no such waterfowl 
shall be purchased from or sold to a person (other than such State or municipal 
game farm or city park) unless he has a permit. The feathers of wild ducks 
and wild geese lawfully killed and feathers of such birds seized and condemned 
by Federal or State game authorities may be possessed, bought, sold, and 
transported, for use in making tishing flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and 
for similar commercial purposes, but not for millinery or ornamental purposes. 
[As amended October 25, 1918 ; July 9, 1920 ; and April 10 and June 11, 1923.] 
Regulation 9. — Permits to Collect Migratory Birds for Scientific Purposes 
A person may take in any manner and at any time migratory birds and 
their nests and eggs for scientific purxx)ses 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 request- 
ing to see the same. 
Application for a permit must be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C, and must contain the following information : Name and 
address of applicant, his age, and name of State, Territory, or District in 
which specimens are proposed to be taken, and the purpose for which thej^ 
are intended. Each application shall be accompanied by certificates from two 
well-known ornithologists that the applicant is a fit person to be intrusted with 
a permit. 
The permit may limit the number and species of birds, birds' nests, or eggs 
that may be collected thereunder, and may authorize the holder thereof to 
possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time 
migratory birds, parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; 
or it may limit the holder to one or more of these privileges. Public museums, 
zoological parks and societies, and public, scientific, and educational institu- 
tions may possess, buy, sell, exchange, 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, wh(>n authorized by a i^ermit issued by the Secretary, may 
possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in an:^' manner ajid at any time 
migratory birds and parts thereof legally taken, or he may be limited to one 
or more of these privileges. 
Each permit shall be valid until revoked by the Secretary unless otherwise 
specified therein, shall not be transferable, and shall be revocable at the dis- 
cretion of the Secretary. A permit duly revoked by the Secretary shall be 
surrendered to him by the person to whom it was issued, on demand of any 
employee of the United States Department of Agriculture duly authorized 
to enforce the provisions of the migratory bird treaty act. A person holding 
a permit shall report annually to the Secretary on or before the 10th day of 
January during the life of the permit the number of skins, nests, or eggs of 
each species collected, bought, sold, exchanged, or transported during the 
preceding calendar year. 
Every package in which migratory birds or their nests or eggs are trans- 
ported shall have clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof the 
name and address of the sen,der, the number of the permit in every case 
when a permit is required, the name and address of the consignee, a state- 
ment that it contains specimens of birds, their nests, or eggs for scientific 
purposes, and, whenever such a package is transported or offered for trans- 
portation from the Dominion of Canada into the United States or from the 
United States into the Dominion of Canada, an accurate statement of the 
contents. 
[As amended October 25, 1918 ; Maicb 3, 1921 ; and June 11, 1923.J 
