O CONTENTS. 



II. State laws for the protection of birds — Continued. Page. 



Mississippi 70 



Missouri _ 71 



Montana 71 



Nebraska 71 



Nevada 1 72 



New Hampshire 72 



New Jersey 73 



New York 74 



North Carolina 74 



North Dakota .- '. 75 



Ohio -. 75 



Oklahoma 76 



Oregon 76 



Pennsylvania 77 



Rhode Island 78 



South Carolina 79 



South Dakota , 80 



Tennessee 80 



Texas 81 



Utah 82 



Vermont , 82 



Virginia _■ 82 



Washington 83 



West Virginia 83 



Wisconsin _ 1 84 



Wyoming 84 



III. Canadian laws for the protection of birds ■ _ _ . 85 



British Columbia. 85 



Manitoba 86 



New Brunswick „__."_ 86 



Newfoundland . . . 87 



Nova Scotia _ 87 



Ontario 88 



Quebec 88 



IV. Bird and Arbor Day laws 90 



Connecticut 90 



Minnesota * 90 



Wisconsin 90 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



Page. 

 Plate I. Map illustrating diversity in State laws for the protection of 



birds _ Frontispiece. 



II. Map showing dates of recent State laws for the protection of birds. . 55 



TEXT FIGURES. 



Fig. 1. Mourning dove (Zenaidura macroura) 15 



2. Diagram showing open seasons for doves 16 



3. Flicker ( Colaptes auralus) 17 



4. Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) _ 19 



5. Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) __ 20 



6. Bed- winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 21 



7. Robin {Merula migratoria) 22 



8. Map of Texas showing counties exempted under law of 1895 46 



