﻿18 BULLETIN 22, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



prohibiting all hunting on said preserves except that ducks and geese may be taken 

 during the month of October on Turtle Mountain preserve; and requiring persons 

 hunting big game to wear a white coat or sweater and cap (ch. 21). 



New Brunswick. — One act: Shortening the season two weeks on snipe; repealing 

 the provision permitting residents of Grand Manan Parish, Charlotte County, to kill 

 black ducks until May 1; prohibiting the sale of partridges until 1915; and increasing 

 the fee for a resident big game license from $2 to $3. 



Newfoundland. — One act: Lengthening the season two weeks on partridge, ptarmi- 

 gan, willow grouse, plover, curlew, snipe, and other migratory birds. 



Ontario. — One act: Repealing the authority of lieutenant governor in council to 

 require nonresident licensees to employ guides while hunting big game and for making 

 regulations for Rondeau Park, and permitting game animals bred in captivity to be 

 possessed and sold at any time under permit. 



Quebec. — One act: Shortening the season on moose and deer two months in Labelle 

 and Temiscaming Counties; lengthening the season on hares six weeks; permitting the 

 killing of any game animal injuring or threatening damage to property (but in the case 

 of big game actual damage must have been caused) ; prohibiting the sale of all game 

 during the first three days of the open season and of birch or swamp partridge until 

 1917. 



Saskatchewan. — One act: Providing no open season for big game south of lati- 

 tude 52° and shifting the season to open two weeks earlier; shortening the season two 

 weeks on shore birds, rail, and waterfowl and six weeks on cranes; lengthening the 

 season one month on grouse ; establishing a bag limit of 50 a day and 250 a season on 

 waterfowl; and prohibiting the killing of waterfowl from yacht or launch propelled by 

 steam, gasoline, or electric motive power; increasing the export fee on big game from 

 $1 to $5 a head; permitting the sale of all game except Gallinas under a $5 dealer's 

 license; increasing the fee for a resident big-game license from $2 to $5 and requiring 

 holder of said license to wear a complete outer suit and cap of white and fixing a penalty 

 of $500 to $1,000, or six months imprisonment for accidentally shooting a person and 

 shall be ineligible to receive a license for 10 years; authorizing complimentary licences 

 to be granted to certain Canadian officials; and providing that the game laws shall 

 apply to all Indians whether resident upon a reserve or elsewhere. 



SEASONS. 



The most important game legislation during the year was un- 

 doubtedly the act of Congress protecting migratory birds. In 

 accordance with this act regulations were published by the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture (Cir. No. 92 , Bureau of Biological Survey) on 

 June 23, 1913, and if finally adopted will become effective on or 

 after October 1, 1913, when approved by the President. As these 

 regulations modify existing seasons of certain species to a consider- 

 able extent, they are published in full although subject to change 

 before final approval. 



PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF 

 MIGRATORY BIRDS. 



Pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913, authorizing and directing the 

 Department of Agriculture to adopt suitable regulations prescribing and fixing closed 

 seasons for migratory birds (37 Stat., 847), having due regard to zones of temperature, 

 breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight, the Department of Agriculture 

 has adopted the following regulations: 



