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person from or to whom waterfowl and eggs were purchased or sold, together 
with the Dumber and species and whether sold alive or dead: and the date 
of each transaction. A report settii j; forth this information shall be annually 
furnished the Secretary during the month of January for the preceding 
calendar year. 
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 books and records Of such permittee relating thereto. 
7. A permit issued under this regulation shall be valid until revoked by the 
Secretary unless otherwise specified therein, shall not he transferable, and may 
be revoked by the Secretary, if the permittee violates any of the provisions of 
the Migratory Bird Treaty Act or of the regulations thereunder. 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. 
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 muuicipal 
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 lishing 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 ; April 10 and June 11, 1923 ; and 
September 11, 1933.] 
Regulation 9. — Permits to Collect Migratory Birds for Scientific Purposes 
A person may take 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; except that 
nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of any migratory game bird 
on any day from sunset to one half hour before sunrise or the taking of migra- 
tory game births with a gun larger than 10 gage or from an automobile, airplane, 
powerboat, sailboat, or any boat under sail. 
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 the 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 intended. Each application shall be accompanied by two certificates certi- 
fying to the fitness of such person to hold a Federal permit. These certificates 
will be accepted from well-known ornithologists, principals, or superintendents 
of educational or zoological institutions, officials or members of zoological or 
natural-history organizations, or instructors in zoology in high schools, coll< 
or universities, or by any one of the above, together with a certificate by the 
chief game official of the State in which the applicant is a resident or of the 
State in which he desires to conduct his operations. 
The permit may limit the number and species of birds, birds' nests, or 
that may be collected thereunder and the places where they may be collected 
and may authorize the holder thereof to possess, buy. sell, exchange, and trans- 
port in any manner and at any time migratory birds, parts thereof, and their 
nests and qzx* 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 institutions 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 speci- 
mens 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, when authorized by a permit issued by the Secretary, may 
possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time 
