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 PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 9, 1940 AMENDMENTS OF REGULATIONS RELATING TO MIGRATORY BIRDS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION WHEREAS the Secretary of the Interior, under authority and direction of and in compliance with section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, the administration of which act was transferred to the said Secretary on July 1, 1939 by Reorganization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), has adopted and submitted to me the following amendments, which he has determined to be suitable amendments of certain of the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2345 of August 11, 1939, as amended by Proclamation No. 2367 of September 28, 1939, permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof, included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals concluded February 7, 1936: "AMENDMENTS OF MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR Under authority and direction of section 3 of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918 (40 Stat. 755), as amended by the act of June 20, 1936, 49 Stat. 1555, the administration of which act was transferred to the Secretary of the Interior on July 1, 1939 by Re- organization Plan No. II (53 Stat. 1431), I, Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior, having due regard to the zones of temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, have determined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of said conven- tions and act to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs, and, in accordance with such determinations, do hereby amend, as specified, the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2345 of August 11, 1939, as amended by Proclamation No. 2367 of September 28, 1939, and as so amended do hereby adopt such regulations as suitable regulations permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: Regulation 2, "Definition of Terms", is amended to read as follows: REGULATION 2. -D E FI N I TION OF TERMS For the purposes of these regulations, the following terms shall be construed, respectively, to mean and to include- Secretary.- Secretaryof the Interior of the United States. Director.- D irector,Fish and Wildlife Service, United States De- partment of the Interior. August 9, 1940 [No. 2420] Preamble. 16U.S.C.§§703- 711; Supp. V, §§ 703- 709a. 6 U.S.C., Supp.V, § 133t (note). Ante, pp. 2616, 2661. 39 Stat. 1702. 50 Stat. 1311 . Migratory Bird Treaty Act Regula- tions. 16 U. S. C. §703- 711; Supp. V, §§703- 709a. 5 U.S. C., Supp. V, I 133t (note). 39 Stat. 1702. 50 Stat. 1311. Ante, pp. 2615, 2661 Ante, p. 2617. 54 STAT.] 2729

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