12 Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. 



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SEPT. 16- DEC. 31 

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FIG. 1. Open seasons fixed by Federal regulations adopted in 1918 for 

 waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks, and swans), coot, gallinules, and 

 Wilson snipe or jacksnipe. Wood ducks, eider ducks, and swans are pro- 

 tected for a term of years under the provisions of a treaty between the 

 United States and Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating 

 between the United States and Canada. 



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NOV. I -JAN. 3 1 



FIG. 2. Open seasons fixed by the Federal regulations adopted in 1918 for 

 black-bellied and golden plovers and greater and lesser yellow-legs. 



