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2. For male red and fallow deer, from March 1 to the end 

 of June. 



3. For female red and fallow deer and fawns, from 

 February 1 to October 15. 



4. For roebucks, from March 1 to the end of April. 



5. For does, from December 15 to October 15. 



6. For roe calves (fawns), the whole year. 



7. For badgers, from December 1 to the end of September. 



8. For capercailzie (cocks) (" Auerhahne "), blackcocks 

 (" Birchhahne "), and cock pheasants, from June 1 to 

 August 31. 



9. For wild duck, from April 1 to June 30 ; the fence 

 time may be abolished in particular districts by the provincial 

 governments. 



10. For bustards, snipe, wild swans, and all other fen 

 birds and water fowl, with the exception of wild geese and 

 herons, from May 1 to June 30. 



11. For partridges, from December 1 to August 31. 



12. For hen capercailzies, grey hens, and hen pheasants, 

 hazel game (" Hazelwild " or " Gelinottes "), quails, and hares, 

 from February 1 to August 31. 



13. It is forbidden all the year round to snare partridges, 

 hares, and roe deer. 



All other descriptions of game, including cormorants, 

 divers (" Taucher "), may be taken or killed the whole year 

 round. The young of red, fallow, and roe deer are to be 

 considered as fawns (" Kalbe ") up to the last day of the 

 month of December following their birth. 



2. With a view to the protection of agriculture and to 

 the preservation of game, the provincial governments are 

 authorized to fix otherwise each year by special order the 

 period at which the fence season for the description of game 

 specified in 7, 11, and 12 is to commence and close; but 

 so that the fence time shall not commence or close more than 

 fourteen days before or after the time fixed by 1. 



3. The legal rights which exist in particular districts in 



