Federal Protection of Migratory Birds. 11 



quate protection to the birds, but also the highest degree of 

 satisfaction to the greatest number of sportsmen and others 

 interested in the conservation of our migratory birds. 



SEASONS FOR KILLING MIGRATORY BIRDS. 



The only migratory game birds that under the regulations 

 may be lawfully hunted are waterfowl (except wood duck, 

 eider ducks, and swans), rails, coot, gallinules, black-bellied 

 and golden plovers, greater and lesser yellow-legs, woodcock, 

 Wilson snipe or jacksnipe, and mourning and white- winged 

 doves. Practically uniform periods, not exceeding three 

 and one-half months, between September 1 and February 1, 

 are prescribed as the open seasons for hunting these birds, 

 except that the open season for black-bellied and golden 

 plovers and greater and lesser yellow-legs in the States 

 bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and situated wholly or in 

 part north of Chesapeake Bay is from August 16 to Novem- 

 ber 30 (figs. 1 and 2). 



RESTRICTIONS ON TAKING, POSSESSING, AND TRANSPORTING BIRDS. 



Under the law and regulations, it is unlawful to capture 

 or kill migratory game birds, except with a gun not larger 

 than No. 10-gauge, or to hunt, kill, or attempt to hunt or kill 

 birds from airplanes, power boats, sailboats, or any boat under 

 sail. Power boats and sailboats may be used to take gun- 

 ners to and from the hunting grounds, but shooting or at- 

 tempting to shoot migratory birds from them is prohibited. 

 Nor can such boats be used to harry, worry, or disturb the 

 birds in any manner. 



Uniform bag and export limits are fixed by the regula- 

 tions. Under the export regulations, not exceeding two days' 

 bag limit may be sent out of a State by one person in one 

 calendar week. No restrictions are placed on the number of 

 birds that may be shipped within the limits of a State, such 

 shipments being governed entirely by State laws. 



Any package in which migratory game birds or parts 

 thereof are transported or carried, whether within or with- 

 out a State, must have conspicuously marked on the outside 

 the names and addresses of shipper and consignee and an 

 accurate statement of the numbers and kinds of birds con- 

 tained. 



