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TABLE. 

 State. Closed Season. Limit. 



Alabama March 1-November 1 25 



Arizona March 1-October 15 A 



Arkansas State, A ; B 



California October 15- July 15 25 



Colorado September 5-August 15 2 5 



Connecticut A 



Deleware A 



Washington, D C 



Florida March 1-November 1 A 



Georgia March 15-September 15.. .A 



Idaho December 1-September 1 12 



Illinois December 1-August 1 15 



Indiana C 



Indian Territory F 



Iowa C 



Kansas September 15-August 1.. .A 



Kentucky February 1-August 1 A 



Louisiana March 1-September 1 25 



Maine C 



Maryland December 2 4-August 1 5. . . D, B, B 6 



Massachusetts C 



Michigan Closed till 1910 



Minnesota November 1-September 1 15 



Mississippi March 1-August 1 A 



Missouri ■. January 1-August 1 A 



Montana December 1-September 1 10 



Nebraska December 1-Sept. 15 E 25 



Nevada A 



New Hampshire C 



New Jersey C 



New Mexico May 1-July 15 A 



New York C 



North Carolina ; . . . . March 1-November 1 A 



North Dakota .• A 



Ohio December 5-September 1 12 



Oklahoma ■ January 1-August 1 E 



Pennsylvania January 1-September 1 10 



Rhode Island C 



South Carolina From April 1-Nov. 1 and 



from March 1-Nov. 15.. B, D 



South Dakota A 



Tennessee April 15-August 1 30 



Texas Feb. 1-November 1 25 



Utah December 1-August 1 8 



Vermont C 



Virginia C 



West Virginia C 



Wisconsin C 



A — No mtntion. B — County closed season ; C — Closed all the year. D — 

 Special limit in counties. E — For food onl>'. F — Closed to all except In- 

 dians, to whom it is always open. 



Economically, the amount of food eaten b^^ birds in general 

 is enormous, and it is but recently that this has been realized. 

 Wilson, in estimating the daily food consumption of the flock 

 observed by him, as mentioned in the introduction, says : ' ' Com- 

 puting each of them to consume one-half pint of mast daily, the 

 whole quantity, at this rate, would equal 17,424 bushels per day. 

 Heaven has wisely and graciously given to these birds rapidity oP 





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