FEDERAL PROTECTION OF 
MIGRATORY BIRDS 
BY 
GEORGE A. LAWYER 
Chief U. S. Game Warden , Bureau of Biological Survey 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Bird Protection an Economic Question. 3 
State Protection of Birds. 3 
Federal Migratory-Bird Law of 1913 and Its Repeal ...... 5 
The Migratory-Bird Treaty. ' . 7 
The Migratory-Bird Treaty Act. 8 
Regulations Under the Treaty Act ... 10 
Game Farming. y . 13 
Control of Bird Depredations. 14 
Administration of the Law. 15 
Future Outlook for Migratory Birds. . . 10 
Separate from Yearbook of the 
Department of Agriculture, 1918 
No. 785 
WASHINGTON : GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1919 
