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seasons during which no hunting shall be done except for scientific or 

 propagating purposes under permits issued by proper authorities. 



1. The close season on migratory game birds shall be between 10th 

 March and 1st September, except that the close of the season on the 

 limicolsB or shorebirds in the Maritime Provinces of Canada and in those 

 States of the United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean which are 

 situated wholly or in part north of Chesapeake Bay shall be between 

 1st February and 15th August, and that Indians may take at any time 

 scoters for food but not for sale. The season for hunting shall be further 

 restricted to such period not exceeding three and one-half months as the 

 High Contracting Powers may severally deem appropriate and define by 

 law or regulation. 



2. The close season on migratory insectivorous birds shall continue 

 throughout the year. 



3. The close season on other migratory nongame birds shall continue 

 throughout the year, except that Eskimos and Indians may take at any 

 season auks, auklets, guillemots, murres and puffins, and their eggs for 

 food and their skins for clothing, but the birds and eggs so taken shall 

 not be sold or offered for sale. 



Article III 



The High Contracting Powers agree that during the period of ten 

 years next following the going into effect of this Convention, there shall 

 be a continuous close season on the following migratory game birds, 

 to wit: 



Band-tailed pigeons, little brown, sandhill and whooping cranes, swans, 

 curlew and all shorebirds (except the black-breasted and golden plover, 

 Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser yellowlegs); 

 provided that during such ten years the close seasons on cranes, swans 

 and curlew in the province of British Columbia shall be made by the 

 proper authorities of that province within the general dates and limita- 

 tions elsewhere prescribed in this Convention for the respective groups 

 to which these birds belong. 



Article IV 



The High Contracting Powers agree that special protection shall be 



given the wood-duck and the eider-duck either (1) by a close season 



extending over a period of at least five years, or (2) by the establishment 



of refuges, or (3) by such other regulations as may be deemed appropriate. 



Article V 

 The taking of nests or eggs of migratory game or insectivorous or 

 nongame birds shall be prohibited, except for scientific or propagating 



