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ART. XCIX] BIRDS AND GAME. 727
tridges, ruffed grouse, wild turkeys and pheasants; doves, reedbirds
(rice birds or bobolinks) and blackbirds. All other species of wild resi-
dent or migratory birds shall be considered non-game birds.*
1916, ch. 385, sec. 280.
28B. No person within the State shall kill, catch or have in his or
their possession, living or dead, any resident or migratory wild bird
other than a game bird, or purchase, offer or expose for sale, any such
wild non-game bird, after it has been killed or caught, except, as per-
mitted by Sections 28-28K.
1916, ch. 385, sec. 28D.
28C. No part of the plumage, skin or body of any bird protected
by Sections 28-28K shall be sold or had in possession for sale, and this
irrespective of whether said bird was captured or killed within or with-
out the State.
1916, ch. 385, sec. 28E.
28D. No person, within the State shall take or destroy, or attempt
to take or destroy, the nest or the eggs of any wild bird, or have such
nest or eggs in his or their possession, except as permitted in Sections
28-28K.
1916, ch. 385, sec. 28F.
28E. Tt shall be unlawful for any person or persons or any corpora-
tion acting as a common carrier, its officers, agents or servants, to' ship,
carry, take or tansport, either within or beyond the confines of the
State, any resident or migratory wild non-game bird, except as per-
mitted by Sections 28-28K.
1916. ch. 385. sec. 28G.
28F. Sections 28-B-C-D and E shall not apply to any person hold-
ing a certificate giving the right to take birds, their nest or eggs for
strictly scientific purposes, as provided for in Section 28G, nor does it
prevent any householder from keeping any resident or migratory birds
in cages as pets, provided they are not kept for sale, barter or exchange,
and that they shall not be shipped beyond the confines of the State.
1916, ch. 385, sec. 28H.
28G. Certificates may be granted by the State Game Warden to any
properly accredited person of the age of twenty-one years or upwards,
permitting the holder thereof to collect birds, their nest or eggs, for
strictly scientific purposes only. In order to obtain such certificate the
applicant for the same must present to the State Game Warden written
*The reference in the title of chapter 439 of the act of 1918 to chapter 384 of
the act of 1916, is evidently an error, the intention being as shown by the enacting
clause to refer to chapter 385.
The act of 1918, chapter 439, is in effect July 1, 1918.
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