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mingbirds, kinglets, martins, meadowlarks, night hawks or bull bats, nut- 

 hatches, orioles, robins, shrikes, swallows, swifts, tanagers, titmice, thrushes, 

 vireos, warblers, waxwings, whippoorwills, woodpeckers, and wrens, and all 

 other perching birds which feed entirely or chiefly on insects. 



Regulation 2. Closed Seasons at Night 



A daily closed season on all migratory game and insectivorous birds shall 

 extend from sunset to sunrise. 



Regulation 3. Closed Season on Insectivorous Birds 



A closed season on migratory insectivorous birds shall continue to Decem- 

 ber 31, 191 3, and each year thereafter shall begin January 1 and continue to 

 December 31, both dates inclusive, provided that nothing in this regulation 

 shall be construed to prevent the issue of permits for collecting such birds for 

 scientific purposes in accordance with the laws and regulations in force in the 

 respective States and Territories and the District of Columbia; and provided 

 further that the closed season on reedbirds or ricebirds in Delaware, Maryland, 

 the District of Columbia, Virginia, and South Carolina shall begin Novem- 

 ber 1 and end August 31 next following, both dates inclusive. 



Regulation 4. Five-year Closed Seasons on Certain Game Birds 



A closed season shall continue until September 1, 1918, on the following 

 migratory game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, little brown, sandhill, and whoop- 

 ing cranes, swans, curlew, and all shorebirds except the black-breasted and 

 golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser 

 yellowlegs. 



A closed season shall also continue until September 1, 1918, on wood ducks 

 in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con- 

 necticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, 

 West Virginia, and Wisconsin; on rails in California and Vermont; and on 

 woodcock in Illinois and Missouri. 



Regulation 5. Closed Season on Certain Navigable Rivers 



A closed season shall continue between January 1 and October 31, both 

 dates inclusive, of each year, on all migratory birds passing over or at rest on 

 any of the waters of the main streams of the following navigable rivers, to wit: 

 The Mississippi River between New Orleans, La., and Minneapolis, Minn.; 

 the Ohio River between its mouth and Pittsburgh, Pa. ; and the Missouri River 

 between its mouth and Bismarck, N. D.; and on the killing or capture of 

 any of such birds on or over the shores of any of said rivers, or at any point 

 within the limits aforesaid, from any boat, raft, or other device, floating or 

 otherwise, in or on any such waters. 



