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enough to make a permanent well-defined mark, which shall be sufficient to 
identify it as a bird raised in domestication under a permit. 
.">. 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 addressed to the Secretary of Agricul- 
ture, Washington, i ». C, and must contain the following information: Name 
and address of applicant; place where the business is to be carried on; num- 
ber 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; 
names 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 waterfowl or eggs. 
5. A person granted a permit under this regulation shall keep hooks 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 
number and species and whether sold alive or dead ; and the date of each 
transaction. A written report correctly setting forth this information 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 prem- 
ises where operations are being carried on under this regulation and to inspect 
the hooks and records of such permittee relating thereto. 
7. Permits issued under this regulation shall be valid only during the calen- 
dar year of issue, shall not be transferable, and may be revoked by the Secre- 
tary, if the permittee violates any of the provisions of the Migratory Bird 
Treaty Act or of the regulations thereunder. 
8. A person engaged in the propagation of migratory waterfowl on the date 
on which these regulations become effective will be allowed until September 30. 
1918, to apply for the permit required by this regulation, but he shall not take 
any migratory waterfowl without a permit. 
[As amended October 25, 1918, and July 9, 192o.] 
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 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 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 they are in- 
tended. Each application shall he accompanied by certificates from two well- 
