Proposed Regulations for the Protection of 

 Migratory Birds* 



Washington, D. C, June 17, 1913. 

 Pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913, authorizing and 

 directing the Department of Agriculture to adopt suitable regulations pre- 

 scribing and fixing closed seasons for migratory birds (37 Stat., 847), regula- 

 tions, copy of which is hereto annexed, have been prepared, are hereby made 

 public, and are hereby proposed for adoption, after allowing a period of three 

 months in which the same may be examined and considered. The regulations, 

 as finally adopted, will become effective on or after October i, 19 13, when- 

 ever approved by the President. 



Public hearings on the proposed regulations will be held by the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey of this department whenever deemed necessary. Inquiries 

 in reference thereto should be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture. 



B. T. Galloway, 

 Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 



REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY 



BIRDS 



Pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913, authorizing and 

 directing the Department of Agriculture to adopt suitable regulations pre- 

 scribing and fixing closed seasons for migratory birds (37 Stat., 847), having 

 due regard to zones of temperature, breeding habits, and times and lines of 

 migratory flight, the Department of Agriculture has adopted the following 

 regulations: 



Regulation 1. Definitions 



For the purposes of these regulations the following shall be considered 

 migratory game birds: 



(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, including brant, wild ducks, geese, and swans. 



(b) Gruidae or cranes, including little brown, sandhill, and whooping cranes. 



(c) Rallidse or rails, including coots, gaUinules,- and sora and' other rails. 



(d) Limicolse or shore birds, including avocets, curlew, dowitchers, god- 

 wits, knots, oyster catchers, phalaropes, plover, sandpipers, snipe, stilts, surf 

 birds, turnstones, willet, woodcock, and yellow legs. 



(e) Columbidae or pigeons, including doves and wild pigeons. 



For the purposes of these regulations the following shall be considered 

 migratory insectivorous birds: 



(/■) Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees, cuckoos, flycatchers, grosbeaks, hum- 



*In view of its far-reaching importance, we reprint herewith Circular No. 92 of the Bureau of 

 Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, issued under the direction of Henry W. 

 Henshaw, Chief of Bureau. June 23, 191 3. — Ed. 



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