58 GAME BIEDS OF CALIFORNIA 



1880. Oj)en season: all couuties, quail, partridge, grouse, all kinds of wild 



ducks, and rails or marsh hens, September 15 to March 16; doves, all 

 counties, July 1 to January 1. Trapping of quail, ])artridge, or grouse 

 prohibited. 



1881. Giving away of trapped quail, jjartridge, or grouse, prohibited. 



1883. Open season: quail, partridge, grouse, and rail, October 1 to March 1; 

 doves, June 1 to January 1. Gathering of quail, partridge or grouse 

 eggs prohibited. Trafficking in or possession of trapped quail, part- 

 ridge, or grouse prohibited. No close season on ducks. 



1887. Open season: quail, partridge, grouse, and rail, September 10 to March 1. 



1889. State Board of Fish Commissioners authorized to import game birds: 

 wild turkeys, prairie chickens, bob-white quail, pheasants, grouse and 

 skylarks mentioned; $2,000 appropriated for the work; closed season 

 for such species as might be introduced until January 1, 1895. 



1891. Open season: ducks, October 1 to March 1; doves, July 1 to January 1. 

 County boards of supervisors given right to make game laws for 

 counties and these to supersede state laws. 



1893. Open season: quail, bob-white, partridge, grouse, wild duck, snipe, rail, 

 September 1 to March 1; doves, August 1 to March 1. Gathering eggs 

 of bob-white, pheasant, or dove prohibited. Hunting pheasants or 

 their possession (except for purposes of propagation) prohibited until 

 1895. Hunting duck, rail, quail, partridge, grouse, or pheasant with 

 shotgun of larger bore than 10-gauge prohibited. Cold storage of 

 quail, partridge, bob-white, pheasant, grouse, dove or wild duck during 

 closed season prohibited. Hunting game birds on lands posted against 

 shooting prohibited. 



1895. Open season: valley quail, bob-white, partridge, robin, wild duck and 

 rail, October 15 to February 15; mountain quail and grouse, August 

 15 to February 15; doves, July 1 to February 15. Possession of game 

 species for propagation under permit made legal. Gathering eggs of 

 robin prohibited. Hunting or possession of pheasants, except for 

 propagation, prohibited until March 27, 1898. Possession or sale of 

 game during closed season prohibited; sale of quail, bob-white, part- 

 ridge, pheasant, grouse, dove or wild duck prohibited except between 

 November 15 and January 15. Common carriers prohibited from trans- 

 porting any quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, prairie chicken, doves, 

 or wild duck, out of the state except for purposes of propagation and 

 then only under permit. 



1897. Oi:)en season: valley quail, bob-white, partridge, wild duck, and rail, 

 October 1 to March 1; mountain quail and grouse, September 1 to 

 February 15; doves, July 15 to February 15. Protection for pheas- 

 ants extended until March 1, 1899. Eobin removed from list of game 

 birds. Cold storage of rail prohibited. County boards of supervisors 

 given right to enact county laws for shortening seasons, etc. 



1901. Open season: quail, partridge, grouse, sage-hen, wild ducks, rail, ibis, 

 curlew, and plover, October 1 to February 1; doves, August 1 to 

 February 1. Constitutional amendment proposed permitting division 

 of the state into fish and game districts. Complete protection for 

 introduced species: Mongolian or English pheasant, English part- 

 ridge, eastern or Chinese quail, bob-white. First daily bag limits 

 established: doves or ducks, 50; quail, partridge, snipe, ibis, or 

 curlew, 25; rails, 20. Sale of quail, partridge, pheasant, grouse, sage- 



