36 GAME LAWS. 



Blver St, Lawreuce and the Hudson River below Albany. Shooting froaa ' 

 sail or steam boats prohibited, except on Long Island Sound, Gardner's 

 and Peconic Bays, Lake Ontario and Hudson River below lona Islend. 

 Quails, November 1 to January 1. On Robins Island, October 15 (o Feb- 

 ruary 1. Rabbits and hares, November 1 to Febraary 1. . Hunting with 

 ferrets prohibited. Woodcocks, ruffed grouse and prairie chickens, \ 

 September 1 to January 1. Snipes, sandpipers and plovers, July 10 to i 

 January 1 in counties of Queens and Suffolk. Rail birds and meadow 

 hens, in counties of Queens and Suffolk, September 1 to January 1. 

 Netting and snaring prohibited. Squirrels, Augusti to February 1 ; in 

 Cortland County, September 1 to January 1. Song und insectivorous 

 birds protected. Nests protected. Robins and blackblrdamay be shot on 

 Long Island and Staten Island from November 1 to January 1. English 

 sparrows, crows, blackbirds, hawks and owls not proteck>'l. Speckled, 

 brook, California and brown trout, April 1 to September 1. ; in Forest 

 Preserve, May 1 to September 15 ; Steuben County, May 1 to August 1. 

 If less than six inches in length must be returned to waters whert) caught. 

 Lake trout, salmon trout and land-locied salmon sume as speckled trout, 

 except In Forest Preserve, May 1 to October 1; and iu inlaad waters, 

 April 1 to October I ; Lake George, May 1 to October 1. Sa'mon, March 

 1 to August 15, with hook anl line, angling by hand only. Black bass. 

 May 30 to January 1, except in Oneida Lake, June I to March l; and 

 L^ke Mahopac, Schroon Lake and River, Paradox Lake, Friends^ Lake, 

 Skaneateles Lake, Lake Erie and Niagara River above the falls, July 1 to 

 January 1 ; Lake George and Brant Lake, August 1 to January 1 ; St. 

 Lawrence, Clyde, Seneca and Oswego rivers, lakes Ontario, Conesus and 

 Black, May 20 to January 1 ; Lake Champlain, June 15 to January 1 ; Glen 

 Lake, July 10 to January 1. All black bass weighing less than one-half 

 pound or less than eight inches in length protected ; this restriction ap- 

 plies also to Oswego bass caught in Glen Lake and fresh water striped 

 bass. Mascalonge and pike-perch. May 30 to January 1 ; St. Lawrence, 

 Clyde, Seneca and Oswego rivers, lakes Ontario, Conesus and Black, May 

 20 to January 1 ; Oneida Lake^ May 30 to March 1 ; Lake Champlain, June 

 15 to January 1; Erie County, July 1 to January 1, Oswego iass, same 

 as mascalonge, except iu Glen Lake, July 10 to January 1. Fresh water 

 striped bass, M^y 20 to January 1; Erie County, July 1 to January!. 

 Salt water striped bass, no close season ; protected in Jamaica Bay 

 under six inches in length ; in other waters size same as black bass. Sea 

 bass and tautogs under six inches in length protected in Jamaica Bay. 

 Pike, Lake Champlain, June 15 to January 1. Pickerel, Lake George 

 and Glen Lake, July 1 to February 15 ; Lake Champlain, June 15 to Jan- 

 uary 1. Shad, Hudson River, March 15 to June 15 ; none allowed to be 

 taken above the northern line of Westchester County from sunset on 

 Saturday to sunrise on the following Monday. Bullheads,_Lake George 

 and Glen Lake, July 1 to April 1. The Forset Preserve includes portions 

 of the counties of.Clinton, Delaware, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamli- 



