GAME LAWS. 39' 



RHODE ISLAND. — Woodcocks, ruffed grouse or partridges, September 

 1 to January 1. Quails, October 1 to January i. Bartram's tattlers or 

 grass plovers, August 1 to April 1. Dusky or black ducks, wood or Sum- 

 mer ducks, and blue or green-winged teals, September 1 to March 1, 

 grouse or heath-hen, November 1 to January 1. Trapping prohibited, 

 and shoulder guns only allowed . Squirrels, rabbits and hares, September 

 1 to January 1; uce of ferrets or weasels to catch rabbits or hares forbid- 

 den. Wild pigeons, August 10 to January 1. Eggs and nests protected. 

 All fresh water ducks other than those before mentioned, all sea ducks, 

 geese, crowa, kingfishers, crow blackbirds, herons, bitterns, plovers (ex- 

 cept as mentioned above), curlews, rails, sandpipers, Snipes and all birds 

 of prey except fish-hawks, or ospreys, may be killed at any time. Trout, 

 March 1 to August 15; less than six inches in length prctected at all times. 

 Black bass protected until 1893; after that, July 15 to March 1 . Hook 

 and line fishing only allowed 



SOUTH CAROLINA.— Deer, September 1 to February 1, except in the 

 counties of Clarendon Georgetown, Colleton, Williamsburg, Marlboro, 

 Kershaw, Harry, Darlington, Marion and Berkeley, where it is August 1 

 to February 1. Wild turkeys, ruffed grouse, woodcocks and quails or 

 partridges, November 1 to April 1. Doves, August 1 to March 1. In- 

 aectivorous birds protected. Fire-hunting prohibited. Non-residents 



SOUTH DAKOTA.— Prairie chickens, ruffed and sharp-tailed grouse, 

 August 15 to January 1. Snipes, plovers, curlews and waterfowl, Sep. 

 i<^mber 1 to May 15. Quails protected until February 3, 1893. Song 

 and Insectivorous birds protected. Netting and trapping prohibited. 

 Shooting of more than twenty-five birds of one kind in a day or the 

 possession of the same prohibited. Shipping out of State, and the ship- 

 ment of more than twelve birds within the State, prohibited. Deier, buf- 

 falos, elks, antelopes and mountain sheep, September 1 to January 1. 

 In the counties of Clay, Union and Lincoln, deer from October 1 to Jan- 

 uary 1.. Bass, mascalonge, pike, pickerel and perch. May 1 to February 

 I. Those intended for breeding may be taken at any time. Netting 

 prohibited except in the Missouri and Red rivers. Shipment out of the 

 State of carcass of buffalo, elk, deer, antelope or mountain sheep pro- 

 hibited. 



TENNESSEE.— In counties of Anderson, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, 

 Dickson, Fayette, Fentress, Giles, Grundy, Hamblen, Hamilton, Hancock, 

 Hardeman, Haywood, Henry, Houston, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Lincoln, 

 l^ndon, McMinn, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Obion, Roane, Ruther- 

 ford, Sevier, Shelby, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Tipton, Trousdale, 

 Unicoi, Williamson and Wilson, unlawful to kill or hunt deer for profit, 

 except that citizens may kill deer for profit on their own lands' from 

 Au^Bt 1 to Janufiry 1. and during that period may hunt or kill deer for 



