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Title: Bird-lore
Year: 1899 (1890s)
Authors: National Association of Audubon Societies for the Protection of Wild Birds and Animals
Subjects: Birds -- Periodicals Birds -- Conservation Periodicals
Publisher: New York, National Association of Audubon Societies
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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re-birds. This matter has been called to the atten-tion of Baron Takahira, Imperial JapaneseEmbassador, who has asked for a fullreport upon the matter, in order that hemight present same to his home govern-ment, with the suggestion that such birdswere of vastly more value to Japan whilethey were alive than the pittance thatmight be received for them after they weredead and were converted into millineryornaments. Legislation It is gratifying to be able lo announcethat the Hon. John W. Weeks, of Massa-chusetts, introduced, on December 8,in the House of Representatives, billknown as H. R. 228S8, which reads asfollows: A Bill to protect migratory gamebirds of the United States. Be it enacted by the Senate and Houseof Representatives of the United Statesof America in Congress assembled, thatall wild geese, wild swans, brant, wildducks, snipe, plover, woodcock, rail, wildpigeons, and all other migratory gamebirds which, in their northern and southernmigrntions, pass through or do not remain
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56 Bird - Lore permanently the entire year within theborders of any state or territory, shallhereafter he deemed to be within thecustody and protection of the governmentof the United States, and shall not bedestroyed or taken contrary to regulationshereinafter provided for. Sec. 2. That the Department of .A.gri-cuhure is hereby authorized to adopt suit-able regulations to give effect to theprevious section by prescribing antl fixingclosed seasons, having due regard to thezones of temperature, Ijreeding habits, andtimes and line of migratory flight, therebyenabling the de))arlment to select anddesignate suitable districts for differentportions of the country, within whic h saidclosed seasons it shall not be lawful toshoot or by any device kill or seize andcapture migratory birds within the pro-tection of this law, and by declaring penal-ties by fine or imprisonment, or both, forviolations of such regulations. Sec. ,v That the Department of .\gri-culturc, after the jjicparalion of said

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