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IN REPLY REFER TO:

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

 

June Lys 1957

Mr, James William Bee
1233 Ohio Street

Lawrence, Kansas
Dear Mr, Bees

We have received your application for a Federal Scientific
Gollecting permit to authorize you to collect migratory birds and
the nests and eggs of migratory birds in the Virgin Islands for
use in connection with a preliminary faunal survey of the Islands
being conducted under the sponsorship of the National Park Service
and the University of Kansas.

So far as we have been able to ascertain, it has never
been determined by administrative or judicial decision that the
Migratory Bird Treaty Act of July 3, 1918, as amended (16 U.S.C.
703-711), is applicable to the Virgin Islands, Although these
Islands do not have the status of a "Territory*® comparable to the
territorial status of Alaska and Hawaii, it is, nevertheless, possible
that the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is sufficiently broad in its
coverage to afford protection to all species of migratory birds found
in or on the Virgin Islands. Accordingly, to such extent as may be
required by existing law, the enclosed scientific collecting permit,
being Noe 11888, will authorize you to collect migratory bird
specimens on the Virgin Islands subject to the terms and conditions
stated in the permit. You will note that the permit is conditioned
upon compliance with State, territorial and such other Federal laws
and regulations as may be applicable and that the permit does not
authorize the collecting of specimens of wildlife, other than migratory
birds. A copy of Form 3~l30a, containing a list of the migratory
birds which are afforded protection under the Migratory Bird Treaty
Act, is enclosed.

The National Park Service administers laws and regulations
governing the collection of wildlife specimens on national parks
and other areas under its administrative jurisdiction. Accordingly,
a copy of your application for a permit from this Service and copies
of the letters, both dated June 6, written in your behalf by Dr. E. Raymond
Hall and Mr. Sydney Anderson, Director and Assistant Curator of
Mammals, respectively, of the Museum of Natural History, University
of Kansas, are being referred to the National Park Service for further