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vember, and up to and inclusive of the 10th day of December, or shall expose 

 for sale, or have in his or her possession, any green moose or deer skin, or 

 fresh venison, save only in the months aforesaid, and up to and inclusive of 

 the 10th of December. 



WILD FAWN AND GRAY RABBITS. 



SEC. 2. No person shall at any time kill any wild fawn during the periods 

 when such fawn is in its spotted coat, or expose for sale, or have at any time 

 in his or her possession, any spotted wild fawn skin, or any gray rabbit, from 

 the 1st of February to the 1st of November. 



WILD PIGEONS. 



SEC. 3. No person shall kill, or catch, or discharge any fire-arm at any wild 

 pigeon while in any nesting- ground, or break up or in any manner disturb 

 such nesting-ground, or the nests or birds therein, or discharge any fire-arm 

 at any distance within a quarter of a mile of such nesting-place at such pigeon. 



WILD-FOWL. 



SEC. 4. No person shall kill, or expose for sale, or have in his possession 

 after the same is killed, any wood duck (commonly called black duck), gray 

 duck (commonly called summer duck), mallard, or teal duck, between the 1st 

 day of February and the 15th day of August in each year. No person shall 

 at any time kill any wild duck, goose, or other wild-fowl, with or by means of 

 the device or instrument known as swivel or punt gun, or with or by means 

 of any gun other than such guns as are habitually raised at arm's length and 

 fired from the shoulder, or shall use any such device, or instrument, or gun 

 other than such gun as aforesaid, with intent to kill any such duck, goose, or 

 other wild-fowl. No person shall in any manner kill, or molest with intent 

 to kill, any wild ducks, geese, or other wild-fowl, while the same are sitting 

 at night upon their resting-places. But this section shall not apply to waters 

 of Long Island Sound or the Atlantic Ocean. 



PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. 



SEC. 5. Any person violating the foregoing provisions of this act shall be 

 deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall likewise be liable to a penalty of 

 fifty dollars for each offense. 



INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. 



SEC. 6. No person shall at any time, within this state, kill, or trap, or ex- 

 pose for sale, or have in his possession after the same is killed, any eagle, fish- 

 hawk, night - hawk, whippoorwill, finch, thrush, lark, sparrow, yellow -bird, 

 brown thi-esher, wren, martin, swallow, tonager, oriole, woodpecker, bobolink, 

 or any other harmless bird, or any song-bird ; or kill, trap, or expose for sale 

 any robin, blackbird, meadow-lark, or starling, save during the months of Au- 

 gust, September, October, November, and December ; nor destroy or rob the 

 nests of any wild birds whatever, under a penalty of five dollars for each bird 

 so killed, trapped, or exposed for sale, and for each nest destroyed or robbed. 



