BIRD-PROTECTIVE LAWS 



five Ducks in a day, and in Arizona one may shoot 

 two male deer in a season. (5) Providing protection 

 at all seasons for useful birds not recognized as game 

 species. 



Definition of Game. — Game animals as defined to- 

 day include bears, coons, deer, mountain sheep, cari- 

 bou, cougars, musk oxen, white goats, rabbits, squir- 

 rels, opossums, wolves, antelopes, and moose. Game 

 birds include Swans, Geese, Ducks, Rails, Coots, 

 Woodcocks, Snipes, Plovers, Curlews, Wild Turkeys, 

 Grouse, Pheasants, Partridges, and Quails. Some- 

 times other birds or animals have been regarded as 

 game. Robins and Mourning Doves, for example, 

 are still shot in some of the Southern States as game 

 birds. 



The Audubon Law. — Little was done in the way 

 of securing laws for the benefit of song and insectiv- 

 orous birds and birds of plumage until 1886, when the 

 bird-protection committee of the American Ornithol- 

 ogists' Union drafted a bill for this specific purpose. 

 This bill, besides extending protection to all useful 

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