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 2992 PROCLAMATIONS, 1929. V~l. y 40, pp. 181! , Regulation 9, Permits to Collect Migratory Birds for Scientific 1865, ~oJ. 43, p. 1911, P. hb dd d f11 ameIlded. urposes,IS ere yamen e soastorea as 0 ows: Permits for collecting REGULATION 9. -PE RM ITS TO COLLECT MIGRA- specimens. TORY BIRDS FOR SCIENTIFIC ScieIltillc collections. PURPOSES A person may take h~ any manner and at any time migratory birds and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes when author- ized by a permit issued by the Secretary, which permit shall be car- ried on his p'erson when he is collecting specimens thereunder and shall be exhibited to any person requesting to see the same, except that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of any migr.atory game bird on any day from sunset to one-half hour before SUnrIse. Applications to Sec- Application for a permit must be addressed to the Secretary of retaryofAgriculture. Agriculture~}Vashington, D. C., and must contain the following in- E1fect of permits. TaxldermJ8ts. formation: .N arne and address of applicant, his age, and name of State, Territory, or District in which specimens are proposed to be taken, and the purpose for which they are intended. Each applica- tion shall be accompanied by two certificates certifyin~ to the fitness of suchlersm.l to hold a Federal permit. These certIficates will be accepte from well-known ornithologists, principals or superintend- ents of educational or zoological institutions, officials or members of zoological, natural history, or other scientific organizations, or in- structors in zoology in high schools, colleges, or universities, or by anyone of the above together with a certificate by the chief game official of the State in which the applicant is a resident or of the State in which he desires to conduct his operations. The permit may limit the number and species of birds, birds' nests, or eggs that may be collected thereunder, and may authorize the holder thereof to possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds, parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; or it may limit the holder to one or more of these privileges. Public museums, zoological parks and societies, and public, scientific, and educational institutions may possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes without a permit, but no specimens shall be taken without a permit. The plumage 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 Secre- tary, may possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds and parts thereof legally taken, or he may be limited to one or more of these privileges. A taxidermist granted a permit under this regulation shall keep books and records correctly setting forth the name and address of each person deliver- ing each specimen of a migratory bird to him together with the name of each species, the date of delivery, the disposition of such specimens, and the date thereof, which said books and records shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours on request by any duly authorized representative of the Department of Agriculture. Duratian of permits. Each permit shall be valid until revoked by the Secretary unless otherwise specified therein, shall not be transferable, and shall be revocable at the discretion of the Secretary. A permit duly revoked by the Secretary shall be surrendered to him by the person to whom it was issued, on demand of any employee of the United States Depart- ment of Agriculture duly authorized to enforce the provisions of the migratory bird treaty act.