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FISH A^D GAME LAWS. 
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Certificates for Scientific Purposes. 
§ 637e. Sections 637a^, 637c, and 637d shall not 
apply to any person holding a certificate giving the 
right to take birds, their nests or eggs for scientific 
purposes only, as hereinafter provided. Certificates 
may be granted by the Board of Fish Commission- 
ers to any properly accredited person permitting 
the holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or 
eggs for scientific purposes only. All certificates 
authorized by this Act shall expire on the 31st day 
of December of the year issued, and shall not be 
transferable. On proof that the holder of such 
certificate has killed any bird, or has taken the nest 
or eggs of any bird for other than strictly scientific 
purposes his certificate shall become void, the birds, 
nests or eggs collected under such certificate shall 
be forfeited, and shall be delivered by the Board of 
Fish Commissioners to some public museum of 
natural history in the State, and the holder of the 
certificate shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. [Ap- 
proved April 16, 1909.] 
Taking of Nests or Eggs of Wild Birds. 
§ 637f. Every i^erson who shall within the State 
of California take or needlessly destroy, or attemp)t 
to take or destroy, the nests or eggs of any wild, 
bird protected by this code, or have such nests or 
eggs in his possession, except as permitted by this 
code is guilty of a misdemeanor. [Approved April 
16, 1909.] 
