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PROVISIONS FOR ENCOURAGING THE DESTRUCTION OF PREDA- 



CEOUS ANIMALS OR BIRDS THAT DESTROY DEER, 



BIRDS' EGGS, ETC. 



Ontario. 



Wolf bounty. — Bounty of $6 to be paid by County Treasurer for any wolf 

 killed within county, or within one mile of a settlement in the county. 



New York. 



Bounty of $10 for each bear, $30 for each grown wolf, $15 for each pup wolf, 

 $20 for each panther killed in the State. County Treasurer to pay and charge 

 to the State taxes. 



Maine. 

 Bounty of ten cents per head for crows. 



EDIBLE BIRDS SELECTED AND SPECIFIED FOR PROTECTION AT 

 CLOSE SEASONS MENTIONED IN ONTARIO. 



Names of birds. Close seasons. 



Grouse, Pheasant, Prairie Chicken, ) , c, , , t > i. n j. o i. v. 

 p ■ . i ' '> loth Jany to 1st beptember. 



mi > loth Dec'r to 15th October next. 



Woodcock 1st January to 15th August. 



Snipe \ 



Rail V 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



Plover j 



p y 1st September to 1st May next. 



Duck 

 Waterfowl 



J- 1st Jan'y to 1st September. 



In addition to the above, the following edible birds found or believed to be 

 found in Ontario are protected in the Commonwealths named, at the times or in 

 the manner specified : 



Wild pigeon. — Discharge of firearms forbidden in Indiana within a half- 

 mile of the roosts. Ohio a half-mile. Pennsylvania one mile. Michigan five 

 miles, and netting within two miles forbidden during entire hatching season, 

 Rhode Island forbids netting at any time. 



