The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-09-23
STATE GAME LAWS

OBNITHOLuGY COMES IN HANDY
IN STUDY OF PROTECTING
HAND or LAW. If SUCH HERE
BE NOUCHSAtED IN HUNTING
GAMIl--HUMOR FINDS A PLACE
IN GAME LORE, TOO.
In Pennsylvania there are a great
many birds known as wild birds
other than game girds which are alb
sOlutely protected, and you must not
kill any one of them at any time or
in any manner, for if you do and
are caught you will have to march
into some local squire's court and
settle to the melody of $40 and a
cost accom- Impairment of about the
same measure, which amounts to a
great deal more than 100 such birds
are worth" says William Chadman
in the Philadelphia North American.
while the law does not set forth
specifically the names of the birds
so protected, / have hunted them up
for my own convenience and give
them here, believing they will be of
as much interest to the public reader
as the names of the birds of Eng
land. These are the birds;
Barn swallow, barn owl, bee bird,
black cap, bunting, cardinal or red
bird, cat bird, cedar bird or wax
wing. chat, cherry bird, chickadee,
chippy, creeper, cuckoo, egret, finch,
flicker, fly catcher, gnat-catcher,
grosbeak, gull, hair bird, highholder,
humming bird, indigo bird, junca
bird king bird, linnet, martin, mead
ow lark, mocking bird, night hawk.
nut hatch, oriole, owls Except the
great horned and barrel owl(, pewee,
phoebe bird, pigeon (wild), red bird,
robin, salad bird or yellow bird, sap
sucker, scarlet tanager, snow bird,
snow flake, sparrows of all kinds ex-
cept English swallow, swift thrasher,
thrush, titmouse, veery, vireo, whip
poorwill, woodpeckers of all kinds,
wren and yellow hammer.
But the protecting wing of the
law does not cover all winged things
in Pennsylvania, and the following
birds must get along without any
protection whatever, and you may
kill them at any time in the year
and as fast as you can and in any
antique way:
blue jay, English sparrow, the
European startling, the kingfisher,
the shrike, the eagle, buzzard, the
duck, hawk, pigeon hawk, the great
horned owl, barrel owl, the crane
the heron, the bittern, the crow and
the raven (not Poe's).
Nothing is said in the law about
other things that fly, such as mono
, planes, biplanes and the like; but
hope they may be protected absolute
| ly by proper amendments next term
as the mortality among the operators
is too high already.
Game Birds Classified.
THE legislature by and with the
advice and consent of the board OF
! game commissioners, and the aid, nc
doubt, of experts in ornithology, has
! divided the game birds of the state
in the following groups:
Il. Anatidae-do not reach for
your unabridged, as part of the word
means simply Quicksilver and sea
| ducks, swans, geese and brant.
"2. Pygopodes, known as looms
and grebes-rump footed, or having
| the legs inserted very far back anG
buried in the common integument ot
the body nearly to the heel, so thai
these birds wouldn't amount to much
in marathon race, except to looh
on, as they can hardly waddle or
land. The above birds are known a!
wild water fowl, and may be killed
without limit from September l tc
April 10 next following.
'3. RalIldoe commonly known as
rails, coots, mudhens and gallinuleS
| (marsh birds related to the rails anC
coots).
"A. LiniCOla, or shore birds, plov
ers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock
sandpipers, tatlers and curlews, witt
the exception of woodcock, may be
killed without limit from September
l to January l next.
"5. Gallinae, commonly known al
wild turkeys, grouse, pheasants, par
tridges and quail, and of these you
may kill wild turkeys and quail from