Oced 
 
S. R. A.-B. 8. 2S. 
 
Issued August 26, 1918. 
 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. 
 
H. W. NEL SON, Chief of Bureau. 
 
s to pr-'> ,e 
e Department 
if 
 
above, the 
 
ed October 1, 
 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
 
the follow- 
 
MIGRATORY BIRD TREATY, ACT, AND REGULATIONS. 
 
CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRIT- 
AIN FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY BIRDS IN THE 
UNITED STATES AND CANADA.- 
 
coots, shore 
 
*s migratory 
 
[Proclaimed December 8, 1916.] 
 
WHEREAS many species of birds in the course of their annual mi- 
grations traverse certain parts of the United States and the Dominion 
of Canada; and 
WHEREAS many of these species are of great value as a source of 
food or in destroying insects which are injurious to forests and forage 
plants on the public domain, as well as to agricultural crops, in both 
the United States and Canada, but are nevertheless in danger of ex- 
termination through lack of adequate protection during the nesting 
season or while on their way to and from their breeding grounds; 
The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British 
dominions beyond the seas, Emperor of India, being desirous of 
saving from indiscriminate slaughter and of insuring the preserva- 
tion of such migratory birds as are either useful to man or are harm- 
5This treaty was signed on August 16, ratified by the Senate August 29, by
the Presi- 
dent September 1, and by Great Britain October 20; ratifications thereof
were exchanged 
December 7, and it was proclaimed by the President December 8, 1916. 
Canada, by an act of Parliament approved August 29, 1917, gave full effect
to this 
convention, and promulgated regulations thereunder May 11, 1918. 
The Constitution of the United States contains the following provision in
regard to 
trestles: 
"This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be
made in pur- 
suance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the
authority of the 
United States shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every
State shall 
be bound thereby, anything in the constitution or laws of any State to the
contrary 
notwithstanding." (Art. VI, par. 2.) 
74824"-18 
 
hich feed 
 
y insectivor- 
 
;o-ry game an. 
.set to sun-/ 
 
:TD_S 
 
Ltory insecti- 
 
:ientiftc pur- 
 
LIN GAME BIRDS. 
 
il September ; 
rds : Band-til- 
,vhooping cranes, 
t the blackv 
-k snipe, .oo- 
egs  .......... ,II 
 
'PT41f!~~~~~3~ IN I'IIAVER"S. ~s,"1JL 
 
Does not affect Arizona or New Mexico, 
 
*See also Par. 7, Sees. 8 and 16 (N. Mex.) and Par. 8, 
Sec. 5 (Ariz.) 
 
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