keep and deliver the same to a marshal or a deputy marshal. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury, upon request of the governor or Secretary of Agriculture, to aid in carrying out the provisions of this Act. "SEC. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed." Approved, May 11, 1908. REGULATIONS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. In accordance with the proviso in section 6 of the foregoing act, authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to prescribe restrictions and limitations governing the collection and shipment of specimens for scientific purposes, and of live animals and birds for exhibition or propagation, the following regulations are hereby prescribed to take effect October 1, 1908: 1. PERMITS. Hereafter the Department of Agriculture will not issue permits for the shipment of trophies, including heads or hides of game animals, since the new law requires that such trophies be shipped under regular hunting or shipping licenses issued by the governor of Alaska. Persons desiring to collect specimens of mammals, birds, nests, or eggs in Alaska for scientific purposes must satisfy the Department that the specimens are intended for such purposes before permits will be issued, and must forward with the permit, to the collector of customs at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco, a list showing the number of each kind of game collected under said permit before the specimens will be released from the custom-house. If several shipments are made under one permit the permit should accompany the first consignment and a list of the game contained in each shipment mailed to the collector of customs at the time of such shipment. Permits will be issued only to regular representatives of public museums, or, under exceptional circumstances, to persons who are known to be making special investigations. Persons desiring to ship live animals or birds should obtain permits sufficiently in advance of shipment to avoid any delay when the consignments reach the custom-house. Applicants should be careful to state in each case the region where specimens are to be collected and the probable port and date of shipment. All permits will expire on December 31 of the year of issue, but consignments actually shipped before such expiration may be admitted upon arrival at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco. 2. SPECIMENS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES. or Packages containing specimens for scientific purposes offered for shipment must be marked "Specimens for scientific purposes,' words to like effect, and must bear the shipper's name and address. [Cir. 66] Inattention to these details will render packages subject to examination and detention by officers of the customs. Packages of specimens addressed to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the Smithsonian Institution, or the U. S. National Museum, if properly marked, may be shipped without permit and without examination. Packages addressed to individuals, whether officers of Executive Departments or not, must be accompanied by permit. 3. LIVE ANIMALS AND BIRDS. Live animals or birds for exhibition or propagation may be captured in close season under permit only, and shipments must be accompanied by permits except as stated in Regulation 4. Consignments offered for shipment without permit will not be refused transportation, but may be forwarded to Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco and held there at owner's risk and expense until permits are obtained. 4. PARKS EXCEPTED. Live animals (not exceeding 10 in one consignment) and live birds (not exceeding 25 in one consignment) may be shipped without permit to the following public zoological parks, if shipped directly to said parks and not to some agent: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. Lincoln Park, Chicago. Menagerie of Central Park, New York. National Zoological Park, Washington. New York Zoological Society, New York City. Consignments for these parks which exceed the above-mentioned limits must be accompanied by regular permits in all cases. 5. RESERVED RIGHTS OF DEPARTMENT. The Department expressly reserves the right to examine at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco any or all specimens, live game animals, or game birds from Alaska, whether shipped as personal baggage or otherwise; to detain, if necessary, at said ports any consignment of game animals or birds or any part thereof not forwarded in conformity with these regulations, and to require the return of the same either to original port of shipment or their delivery to the United States. marshal for disposition in accordance with the provisions of sections 6 and 7 of the act. Owners and masters of vessels will accept all consignments subject to these conditions. In case of return, all expenses of reshipment will be paid by the vessel transporting the goods from Alaska; and the master of said vessel must file at Seattle, Portland, or San Francisco a customs receipt for all goods returned to Alaska. [Cir. 66] 6. EXAMINATION OF SHIPMENTS. Specimens or live animals and birds arriving at Seattle or San Francisco, not covered by permits or shipped contrary to these regulations, will be held for examination by officers of the customs, promptly reported, and released only upon instructions from the Treasury Department; provided that all goods not released within sixty (60) days after arrival shall be returned to the port of shipment (at the expense of the vessel bringing the same) for disposition in accordance with the provisions of sections 6 and 7 of the act. All previous regulations and all special rulings of the Department in conflict with these regulations are hereby revoked. Approved: JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 1, 1908. [Cir. 66] O CONTENTS. Introduction. The cuckoos (Coccyzus americanus and C. erythrophthalmus) (fig. 1) The kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) (fig. 6). The phoebe (Sayornis phœbe) (fig. 7)............ The bluejay (Cyanocitta cristata) (fig.8). The crow (Corvus americanus)............. The bobolink, or ricebird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) (fig.9). The crow blackbird, or grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) (fig. 13) The rose-breasted grosbeak (Zamelodia ludoviciana) (fig. 15). |