Pamphlets on Forestry. Fish and Game, Volume 91922 - Birds |
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... larvæ of various moths ( including in one case cutworms ) in five , and blow - fly maggots or pupæ in two . All these items of animal food comprise creatures more or less injurious to human undertakings , but the amount of these pests ...
... larvæ of various moths ( including in one case cutworms ) in five , and blow - fly maggots or pupæ in two . All these items of animal food comprise creatures more or less injurious to human undertakings , but the amount of these pests ...
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... larvæ , cutworms , locusts , blow - flies , and aphids . The large amount of grain eaten far outweighs any value that the sparrow may have as an insectivorous bird during the period when such grain is available , but during other ...
... larvæ , cutworms , locusts , blow - flies , and aphids . The large amount of grain eaten far outweighs any value that the sparrow may have as an insectivorous bird during the period when such grain is available , but during other ...
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... larvæ ,, & c . They should be rigidly protected . Magpie Lark.- This bird occasionally feeds on maize and wheat obtained near fowl - yards , & c . , but it is doubtful whether it touches crops . It is also found to eat plague locusts ...
... larvæ ,, & c . They should be rigidly protected . Magpie Lark.- This bird occasionally feeds on maize and wheat obtained near fowl - yards , & c . , but it is doubtful whether it touches crops . It is also found to eat plague locusts ...
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... larvæ in its stomach . Their useful propensities are to a certain extent counterbalanced by the loss of young insectivorous native birds thrown out of the nests of the foster parents by the young cuckoo . Swallows . These are all very ...
... larvæ in its stomach . Their useful propensities are to a certain extent counterbalanced by the loss of young insectivorous native birds thrown out of the nests of the foster parents by the young cuckoo . Swallows . These are all very ...
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... larvæ of cabbage moths , locusts , & c . , and even blow - flies . They frequent open country . Tits . The little Acanthizas are usually found on the eucalypts . They probably play a useful part in keeping these clean from insect pests ...
... larvæ of cabbage moths , locusts , & c . , and even blow - flies . They frequent open country . Tits . The little Acanthizas are usually found on the eucalypts . They probably play a useful part in keeping these clean from insect pests ...
Common terms and phrases
25 Wilson snipe Alaska ants August average April Bear Mountain beaver beetles big game bitterns black-bellied and golden blow-flies brant caribou close season coast commissioner coot County Dates inclusive days of close deer earliest April eggs eider ducks feet forest fragments of insects fur animals gallinule game warden geese golden plovers grebes Guest House gulls Hawkesbury River herons Honey-eater Hungarian partridge Hunting licenses Island issued jacksnipe July June killed Lake land larvæ legally taken limits and possession loons migration migratory birds moose moth muskrat nest nonresident October open season partridge permit pheasant plovers and yellowlegs pond prairie chicken Propagation protected game prohibited quail rabbits rails remains resident ruffed grouse sandpiper seeds Sept September shorebirds skins snipe or jacksnipe sold South southern species squirrels swans tagged trap trees Unlawful Warbler waterfowl whooping cranes wild turkey winter wood duck woodcock
Popular passages
Page 53 - ... transported into any State or Territory, or remaining therein for use, consumption, sale, or storage therein, shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory...
Page 58 - President of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.
Page 53 - ... shall upon arrival in such State or Territory be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of such State or Territory enacted in the exercise of its police powers, to the same extent and in the same manner as though such liquids or liquors had been produced in such State or Territory, and shall not be exempt therefrom by reason of being introduced therein in original packages or otherwise...
Page 58 - In faith whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the present convention in duplicate and have hereunto affixed their respective seals. Done at the City of Washington the 18th day of November in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and three.
Page 58 - The present treaty shall be ratified by the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof, and by His Britannic Majesty.
Page 59 - States, and the United States commissioners, may, within their respective jurisdictions, upon proper oath or affirmation showing probable cause, issue warrants in all such cases. All birds or parts, nests, or eggs thereof, captured, killed, taken, shipped, transported, carried, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this act...
Page 59 - ... to what extent, if at all, and by what means, it is compatible with the terms of the convention to allow hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, or export of any such bird, or any part, nest, or egg thereof, and to adopt suitable regulations permitting and governing the same, in accordance with such determinations, which regulations shall become effective when approved by the President.
Page 56 - ... purpose have appointed as their respective plenipotentiaries: The President of the...
Page 54 - Provided, That the importation of aigrettes, egret plumes or so-called osprey plumes, and the feathers, quills, heads, wings, tails, skins, or parts of skins, of wild birds, either raw or manufactured, and not for scientific or educational purposes, is hereby prohibited ; but this provision shall not apply to the feathers or plumes of ostriches, or to the feathers or plumes of domestic fowls of any kind.
Page 78 - ... from any state, territory, or district of the United States, to any other state, territory, or district thereof...