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 [54 STAT. package, the number of the permit under authority of which it is shipped or transported and the purpose for which the waterfowl or eggs are being shipped or transported. Post, p. 2733. Regulation 9.- PER MI TS TO COLLECT MIGRATORY BIRDS FOR SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES Collectionsforscien- 1. A person in possession of a valid, subsisting permit issued to him tine purpose. by a State, on its part, authorizing him to take therein migratory birds or their nests or eggs for scientific purposes may take such birds or their nests or eggs in such State for such purposes when authorized by a permit issued to him by the Secretary. Both permits shall be carried on his person when he is taking migratory birds, or their nests or eggs, thereunder, and shall be exhibited to any person requesting to see Restriction. them; but nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of any migratory game bird during the open season therefor in any manner or by any means or at any time of the day not permitted by regulations 3 and 4 of these regulations. Applicationsforper- 2. Applications for permits shall be addressed to the Secretary of the mit s Interior, Washington, D. C ., and must state the name and address of the applicant, his age, the State or Territory in which migratory birds or their nests or eggs are proposed to be taken, the purpose for which they are intended, information sufficient to show that such birds, nests, or eggs permitted to be taken will be devoted to scientific purposes, and the names and addresses of at least two well-known ornithologists, principals, or superintendents of educational or zoological institutions, officials or members of zoological or natural history organizations, or instructors in zoology in high schools, colleges, or universities, from whom may be obtained information respecting the applicant's status as a scientific investigator. The applicant must furnish such other information touching his fitness to be entrusted with a permit as may be called for by the Secretary. Effect of permit. 3. A permit may limit the number and species of migratory birds or their nests or eggs that may be taken thereunder, and the places where, time when, and means by which they may be taken and may authorize the holder thereof, when possessed of an equivalent State permit, to possess, purchase, sell, exchange, and transport migratory birds and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes but not to pur- chase or sell to any person not authorized by these regulations or by a permit issued thereunder to sell or purchase such birds, nests, or eggs, 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, purchase, sell, exchange, and transport migratory birds and their nests and eggs for scientific pur- poses, without a permit, but no such birds, nests, or eggs shall be taken without a permit or purchased from, sold to, or exchanged with a person not authorized by these regulations or by a permit issued thereunder to sell, purchase, or exchange them. Migratory birds found wounded or dead, in the wounding or killing of which the finder was not implicated, may be salvaged by him and possessed under permit issued by the Secretary upon such terms and conditions as shall be stated in the permit, but they may not be sold, purchased, bartered, or exchanged. The plumage and skins of migratory game birds legally taken may be possessed and transported by a person without a permit. Taxidermts. 4. A taxidermist, when authorized by a permit issued by the Secretary, may possess any migratory bird or nest or egg thereof delivered to him for mounting or other preparation by any person who has legally taken or legally possesses it and may transport such bird, nest, or egg in consummation of such purpose when likewise PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 11, 1939 2624

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