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LEGISLATION FOE THE PROTECTION OP BIRDS. 



in favor of certain counties or geographical districts, and various sections 



of the State, availing themselves of this provision, have different laws. 



Nowhere are protective measures more needed than in the South and 



Fig. 8.— Map of Texas showing counties exempted under law of 1895 (the excepted counties are 



shaded and numbered) : 



Southwest, and more especially in the South Atlantic and Gulf States. 

 So many northern birds pass the winter in this part of the United 

 States, and so many resident species begin to breed here early in 

 spring, that it is particularly important to have the laws comprehensive 



