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hen, ibis, or plover entirely prohibited. Hunting between one-half 

 hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise prohibited. Trap- 

 ping or netting game birds except under permit for scientific pur- 

 poses or for use in propagation prohibited. Bore of guns used in 

 hunting no longer restricted. Common carriers prohibited from 

 transporting more than one bag limit of game for one person on any 

 one day; game required to be exposed to view and labeled with name 

 and address of shipper. Taking specimens for scientific purposes 

 allowed under permit. 



1903. Open season: valley quail, partridge, wild duck, rail, curlew, ibis, plover, 

 October 15 to February 15; mountain quail, grouse, or sage-hen, 

 September 1 to February 15; doves, July 1 to February 15. 



1905. Shorebirds (Limicolae) other than plover and curlew first protected; 

 open season: October 15 to February 15; Wilson snipe, October 15 

 to April 1. Swan, pheasant, bob-white quail, or any variety of 

 imported quail or partridge protected at all times. Bag limit: doves 

 reduced to 25; for all shorebirds and rail, set at 25. Sale of doves and 

 all shorebirds (in addition to those mentioned in laws of 1901) pro- 

 hibited. Hunting on private lands without permission prohibited. 



1907. Open season: ducks, October 1 to February 15; doves, July 15 to 

 October 15. Closed season on grouse and sage-hen until September 

 1, 1909. System of annual hunting licenses inaugurated: $1 for resi- 

 dents of California; $10 for citizens of the United States not residents 

 of California; $25 for aliens. Bag limit on ducks reduced to 35. 

 The following groups mentioned as game birds: Anatidae, Eallidae, 

 Limicolae, Gallinae, and Columbidae. Provision made for registering 

 private holdings as game preserves [refuges] under supervision of 

 Fish and Game Commission for periods of one to five years. 



1909. Open season: wild duck, black sea brant, rail, ibis and all shorebirds 

 (except snipe), October 1 to February 15; desert and valley quail, 

 October 1 to February 1; Wilson snipe, October 1 to April 1. Closed 

 season on grouse and sage-hen extended until September 1, 1911, and 

 mountain quail protected until that time. Bag limit on ducks and 

 black sea brant reduced to 25; quail, snipe, ibis, rail, shorebirds, and 

 doves reduced to 20. Use of animal blinds, and hunting from power 

 boats in motion, prohibited. Pinnacles National Monument made a 

 game refuge. Hunting permitted on navigable waters within any 

 game refuge. Eesolution passed to appoint committee to consider 

 dividing state into fish and game districts. 



1911. Dealers in wild game required to obtain licenses and to keep record of 

 game received, together with names and addresses of shippers. Use 

 of animal blinds permitted in hunting geese. Bearing of pheasants 

 in captivity permitted, and birds so reared allowed to be sold at any 

 time under permit. State divided into six fish and game districts, viz: 

 1. Del Norte, Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Trinity, Humboldt 

 and Tehama counties. 2. Mendocino, Glenn, Colusa, Lake, Sonoma, 

 Napa, Yolo, Solano and Marin counties. 3. Plumas, Butte, Sierra, 

 Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento, Amador, 

 Alpine, Calaveras, Tuolumne, Mariposa and Mono counties. 4. San 

 Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and Kern 

 counties. 5. Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, San Mateo, 

 Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, San Benito, Monterey and San Luis Obispo 



