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possession'on Sunday in the open air is illegal. Song and insectivorous 

 birds and their nests protected. Restrictions placed upon certain parts 

 of Housatonic River and flats, hunting being prohibited except on Tues- 

 days and Fridays between October 20 and April 20. Rails may be shot 

 in New Haven, Fairfield and Litchfield counties from August 20 to Janu- 

 .ary 1 ; other portions of the State from September 1 to January 1. Rab- 

 bits not protected. The use of ferrets for hunting rabbits prohibited. 

 Trout, April 1 Ho July 1. Unlawful to sell trout less than six inches long. 

 Fishit^ in any other way than with hook and line, and within four hun- 

 dred yards of any flshway, prohibited. Black bass, June 11 to May 1. 

 Striped bass or salmon shall not be caught in seines or nets from June 20 

 to July 13, and striped bass must not weigh less than one-half pound. 

 Shad, March 1 to June 20. Numerous local laws govern fishing ponds 

 and streams.. Netting ponds and lakes forbidden. A game and a fish 

 warden in each county is appointed by the county commiaeioners. 



DELAWARE.— Partridges, grouse, quails, rabbits and hares: in New 

 Castle County, November 1.5 to January 1; in Kent and Sussex counties, 

 November 15 to February 1. Reedbirds, ortolans and rails, September 

 1 to February 1. Geese, swans, brants and ducks, except Summer 

 mer or woodducks, October 1 to April 15. Woodcocks, July 1 to Septem- 

 ber 15 and in New Castle County, November 15 to January 1, and in Kent 

 and Sussex counties, November 15 to February 1. Non-residents must 

 procure a license (fee $25) from the Delaware Game Protective Associa- 

 tion . Netting or snaring and night-hunting of partridges, grouse, wood- 

 cocks and quails, and trespass, and hunting game birds in snow prohib- 

 ited. Hunting wildfowl with punt or swivel guns or with light prohibited. 

 Insectivorous birds and their nests (except on one's own premises) pro- 

 tected. Muskrats, December 1 to March 30. Sunday hunting illegal. 

 Shipment of game, except ducks and geese, out of a county ot State with- 

 out license is illegal, unless the shipper make oath that the game was 

 legally killed and is not intended for sale or profit. Residents may ship 

 one dozen or less birds out of the State without a license. Black bass 

 and trout, in New Castle County, June 1 to November 1; less than six 

 inches in length protected. 



DISTRICT OF COLUM^A.— Partridges or quails, November 1 lo 

 February 1. Pheasants or ruffed grouse, August 1 to February 1. Wood- 

 cocks, July 1 to February 1. Prairie chickens, September 1 to February 

 1. Snipes and plovers, September 1 to May 1. Geese and ducks, Sep- 

 tember 1 to April 1. Reed birds and ortSlans, September 1 to February 

 1, Deer, August 15 to January 1. Insectivorous birds protected, also 

 nests and eggs. Trap or snare and swivel gun, Sunday shooting, night 

 shooting, and trespass, prohibited. Fishing with hook and line, at any 

 time. 



