BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY. [S. R. A.-B. S. 23.1 
 
The permit will authorize the holder thereof to possess, buy, sell, and trans-

port in any manner and at any time migratory birds, parts thereof, and their

nests and eggs for scientific purposes. Public museums, zoological parks
and 
societies, and public scientific and educational. institutions may possess,
buy, 
sell, 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. 
Permits shall be valid only during the calendar year of Issue, shall not
be 
transferable, and shall be revocable in the discretion of the Secretary.
A 
person holding a permit shall report to the Secretary on or before January

10 following Its expiration the number of skins, nests, or eggs of each species

collected, bought, sold, or transported. 
Every package In which migratory birds or their nests or eggs are trans-

ported 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 state-

ment that It contains specimens of birds, their nests, or eggs for scientific

purposes, and, whenever such a package is transported or offered for trans-

portation from the Dominion of Canada into the United States or from the

United States into the Dominion of Canada, an accurate statement of the 
contents. 
REGULATION 10.-PERMITS TO KILL MIGRATORY BIRDS INJURIOUS TO PROPERTY. 
When information is furnished the Secretary that any species of migra- 
tory bird has become, under extraordinary conditions, seriously injurious
to 
agriculture or other interests in any particular community, an investigation

will be made to determine the nature and extent of the injury, whether the

birds alleged to be doing the damage should be killed, and, if so, during
what 
times and by what means. Upon his determination an appropriate order will

be made. 
Now, THEREFORE, I, WOODROW WILSON) PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AAIERICA, DO HEREBY APPROVE AND PROCLAIM the.foregoing 
regulations. 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused tho 
seal of the United States of America to be affixed. 
DONE in the District of Columbia, this thirty-first day of July, 
in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred 
[SEAL.] and Eighteen and of the Independence of the United 
States of America the One Hundred and Forty-third. 
WOODROW WILSON. 
By the President: 
FRANK L. POLK, 
Acting Secretary of State. 
 
WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1915