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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1934. 3411 person requesting to see the same i except that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of any migratory game bird on any day from sunset to sunrise or the taking of migratory game birds with a gun larger than 10 gage or from an automobile, airplane, powerboat, sailboat, or any boat under sail. Application for a permit must be addressed to the Secretary of ~PlifTarmstroBot (talk)::­ Agriculture, Washington, D. C., and must contain the following re yo information: Name and address of the 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, and the names and addresses of at least two well-known ornithologists, :prin- cipals or superintendents of educational or zoological institutIOns, officials or members of zoological or natural-history o~anizations, or instructors in zoology in high schools, colleges, or umversities from whom may be ascertained the qualifications of the applicant for a permit. The permit may limit the number and species of birds, birds' nests, Llmitatiolll. or eggs that may be collected thereunder and the places where they may be collected 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 Secretary, Taxldermilts. 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 delivering each specimen of a migratory bird to him, together with the name of each species, the date of delivery, the disposition of such specimen, and the date thereof, which said books and records shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours on request by any duly author- ized representative of the Department of Agriculture. Each permit shall be invalid after June 30 succeeding the date of Duration of permits. issuance, shall not be transferable, and shall be revocable at any time at the discretion of the Secretary. A permit 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 Department of Agri- culture authorized to enforce the provisions of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A person holding a permit under this regulation shall II'klng packages. transported shall have clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof the name and address of the sender, the number of the permit in every case when a permit is required, the name and address of the consignee, a statement that it contains specimens of birds, their nests, or eggs for scientific purposes, and, whenever suell a package is transported or offered for transportation from the