60 . GAME BIRDS OF CALIFORNIA 



counties. 6. Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San 

 Diego, Imperial, Eiverside, San Bernardino and Inyo counties. Open 

 season: wild duck, ibis, shore birds (except Wilson snipe, plover 

 and curlew). Districts 2 to 5, October 15 to March 1; Districts 1 and 

 6, October 1 to March 1. Black sea brant, District 1, October 1 to 

 April 1; Districts 2 to 6, November 1 to March 15. Wilson snipe, 

 plover, curlew, November 15 to April 30. Desert and valley quail, 

 Districts 1 to 5, October 15 to February 15; District 6, October 15 

 to November 15. Doves, Districts 1 and 3, July 15 to October 1; 

 Districts 2 and 5, August 1 to October 15; Districts 4 and 6, Sejitem- 

 ber 1 to November 1. Mountain quail, grouse, and sage-hen, Septem- 

 ber 1 to December 1. Closed season on rail until November 1, 1912; 

 open season after that date, November 1 to December 1. Bag limits: 

 wild ducks, black sea brant, daily 25; weekly (=sunrise one Sunday 

 to sunrise the following Sunday) 50; desert or valley quail, Wilson 

 snipe, curlew, ibis, plover, rail, doves, 20; mountain quail 10; grouse 

 and sage-hen 4. 



1913. Sale of game prohibited, except of ducks (during November) and geese 

 at all times; later repealed by referendum. Hunting in certain 

 parts of Cleveland National Forest prohibited. Provision made for 

 converting private lands into game preserves (refuges) under control 

 of State Fish and Game Commission for period of not less than ten 

 years; hunting on navigable waters or on tide lands not interfered 

 with by this. Provision made for rearing game in captivity and 

 selling same (Bowman Act). Fish and game districts rearranged and 

 a new one added, viz: 1. Siskiyou, Modoc, Lassen, Shasta, Trinity, 

 and Tehama counties. 2. Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Sonoma, 

 Marin, Glenn, Lake, Colusa, Napa, Yolo and Solano counties. 3. 

 Plumas, Butte, Sierra, Yuba, Sutter, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, 

 El Dorado, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras,. Tuolumne and Mari- 

 posa counties. 4. Eastern Stanislaus, eastern Merced, Madera, east- 

 ern Fresno, eastern Kings, Tulare, and eastern Kern counties. 5. 

 Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda, Santa Clara, 

 Santa Cruz, western Stanislaus, western Merced, San Benito, Monterey, 

 western Fresno, western Kings, San Luis Obispo, western Kern, and 

 Santa Barbara counties. 6. Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, 

 San Bernardino, Eiverside and Imperial counties. 7. Alpine, Mono 

 and Inyo counties. 



1915. Open season: wild duck, geese, brant, mud-hen, gallinule, Wilson snipe, 

 black-breasted or golden plover, yellowlegs, October 15 to February 

 1; desert or valley quail, October 15 to January 1; mountain quail 

 and grouse, Districts 2, 3, 4, and all other districts south of the 

 northern boundary of Mendocino County, October 15 to January 1; 

 mountain quail, grouse, and sage-hen (except as above), September 

 1 to December 1; doves, September 1 to December 1. Bag limits: 

 honker geese and black sea brant, daily 12; weekly (between sun- 

 rise one Sunday and sunrise the following Sunday), 24. Other geese 

 and ducks, daily 25; weekly 50; desert or valley quail, black-breasted 

 or golden plover, jack snipe, yellowlegs, daily 15; weekly (^between 

 sunrise one Sunday and sunset the following Sunday), 30; mountain 

 quail, daily 10; weekly 20; grouse and sage-hen, daily 4; weekly 8. 

 Doves daily, 15; no weekly limit. Indefinite close season on rail, 



