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to take for propagation or to propagate migratory waterfowl on prem- ises on any part of which the hunting or shooting of waterfowl is permitted. 4. Every permittee shall keep books and records that shall correctly Records andreports. set forth the number of each species of waterfowl and their eggs taken by him, if he holds a permit to take waterfowl, the number of each species of waterfowl and their eggs possessed on the date of the appli- cation for a permit, the number of each species reared and killed, the number of each species and their eggs sold and transported, the manner in which they were transported, the name and address of each person from or to whom waterfowl and eggs were purchased or sold, the number and species so purchased or otherwise acquired or sold and whether sold alive or dead, and the date of each transaction. When- ever requested by the Chief of the Bureau, the permittee shall submit to him such report of his operations under the permit as may be called for, and in any event shall file with the Secretary, on a form provided therefor, on or before January 10, a full report of his operations during the preceding calendar year. Failure to make the reports herein Penalt. provided for will be cause for revocation of the permit. 5. A permittee shall at all reasonable hours allow any authorized InpectioL employee of the United States Department of the Interior to enter and inspect the premises where operations are being carried on under this regulation and to inspect the books and records relating thereto. 6. No permit issued by the Secretary authorizes the taking, posses- Statepennits, sion, sale, purchase, exchange, or transportation of migratory water- fowl or their eggs unless the permittee has in his possession while exer- cising any such privilege a valid, subsisting permit of equivalent tenor issued to him by the State in which he proposes to operate. No permit Meican export issued by the Secretary authorizes the transportation of migratory waterfowl or their eggs from Mexico into the United States unless such waterfowl or eggs are accompanied by a Mexican export permit. Permits are not transferable and are revocable at any time in the discretion of the Secretary. A permit revoked by the Secretary shall Revoked permits be surrendered to him by the person to whom it was issued on demand of any employee of the United States Department of the Interior authorized to enforce the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 7. A person may possess and transport, subject to the provisions of Transportaton.er. paragraph 8 of this regulation for his own use, without a permit, live waterfowi. migratory waterfowl now legally possessed or hereafter legally acquired by him but he may not purchase or sell such waterfowl without a permit. A State or municipal game farm or city park may possess, purchase, sell, and transport live migratory waterfowl without a permit, but no such waterfowl shall be purchased from or sold to a person (other than such State or municipal game farm or city park) unless he has a permit. Feathers of wild ducks and wild geese legally oeathee killed, and feathers of such birds seized and condemned by Federal or State game authorities, may be possessed, purchased, sold, and transported for use in making fishing flies, bed pillows, and mattresses, and for such similar commercial purposes, but not for millinery or ornamental purposes. 8. Every package in which migratory waterfowl or parts or eggs Marking d pa thereof are shipped wholly within a State or Territory or the District of Columbia, or in which such waterfowl or parts or eggs thereof are transorted by any means whatever from one State, Territory, or the Distrct of Columbia, to, into, or through another State Terrtory, or the District of Columbia, or to a foreign country, shall 6e plainly and clearly marked, labeled, or tagged on the outside thereof to show the name and address of the consgnor and consignee, the contents of the 2623 54 STAT]I PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 11 , 1939