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provided, further, that nothing in this section shall 
prohibit the killing of a meadow-lark, robin, or 
other wild bird, by the owner or tenant of any 
premises, where such bird is found destroying 
berries, fruit or crops growing on such premises, 
but the birds so killed shall not be shipped or sold ; 
and nothing in this act shall prevent a citizen of 
California from taking or keeping any wild non- 
game birds as a domestic pet if such bird shall not 
be sold or offered for sale, or transported out of the 
state, a permit to keep the same having first been 
obtained from the state board of Fish Commis- 
sioners. 
[Enacted 1901; last amended 1909.1 
Shipment of Non-Game Birds Prohibited. 
§ 637d. Every person or corporation acting as a 
common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, who 
shall ship, carry, take or transport, whether within 
or beyond the confines of the state, any resident or 
rnigratory non-game bird, except as permitted by 
this code, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 
[Enacted 1909.] 
Non-Game Birds, Nests and Eggs for Scientific 
Purposes. 
§ 6376. 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 Commissioners 
to any properly accredited person, permitting the 
holder thereof to collect birds, their nests or eggs 
for scientific purposes only. All certificates author- 
ized by this act shall expire on the thirty-first 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 
