5. A person granted a permit under this regulation shall keep 
books and records which shall correctly set forth the total num¬ 
ber 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 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 from or to whom waterfowl or 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 afiy 
authorized employee of the United States Department of Agri¬ 
culture to enter and inspect the premises where operations are 
being carried on under this regulation and to inspect the books 
and records of such permittee relating thereto. 
7. Permits issued under this regulation shall be valid only 
during the calendar year of issue, shall not be 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. 
8. A person engaged in the propagation of migratory water- 
fowl 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). 
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, and name of 
State, Territory, or District in which specimens are proposed 
to be taken and the purpose for which they are intended. Each 
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application shall be accompanied by certificates from two well 
known ornithologists that the applicant is a fit person to be 
entrusted with a permit. 
The permit will authorize the holder thereof to possess, buy, 
sell, and transport in any manner and at anytime migratory 
birds, parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for scientific pur¬ 
poses. Public museums, zoological parks and societies, and pub¬ 
lic scientific and educational institutions may possess, buy, sell, 
and transport in any manner at anytime migratory birds and 
parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes) 
without a permit, but no specimen shall be taken without a 
permit. The plummage 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, and transport in any manner 
and at anytime migratory birds and parts thereof legally taken. 
Permits shall be valid only during the calendar year of issue, 
shall not be transferable, and shall be revocable in the discretion 
of the Secretary. A person holding a permit shall report to the 
Secretary on or before January 10th following its expiration, 
the number of skins, nests, or eggs of each species collected, 
bought, sold, or transported. 
Every package in which migratory birds or their nests or eggs 
are transported shall have clearly and conspicuously marked on 
the outside thereof the name and address of the sender, the num¬ 
ber of the permit, in every case when a permit is required, the 
name and address of the consignee, a statement 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). 
Regulation 10.—Permits to Kill Migratory Birds Injurious to 
Property. 
Whenever information is furnished the Secretary that any 
species of migratory birds has become, under extraordinary con¬ 
ditions, seriously injurious to agriculture or other interests in 
any particular community, an investigation will be made to 
determine the nature and extent of the injury, whether the birds 
alleged to be doing the damage, should be killed, and if so, dur¬ 
ing what time and by what means. Upon his determination an 
appropriate order will be made. 
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