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Quail ; Close Season. 



§ 72. Quail shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted or killed, except during the months of 

 November and December. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this 

 section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty 

 of twenty-five dollars for each bird killed, trapped or possessed contrary to the provisions of this 

 section. 



Quail ; When Not to be Possessed. 



§ 73- Quail shall not be sold or possessed except during the months of November, Decem- 

 ber and January, but possession thereof during the month of January is forbidden and shall be 

 deemed a violation of this section unless it be proved by the possessor that said birds were killed 

 within the lawful periods for killing the same, or outside the State, and they shall not be killed or 

 possessed in the counties of Genesee, Wyoming, Orleans, Livingston, Monroe, Cayuga, Seneca, 

 Wayne, Tompkins, Tioga, Onondaga, Ontario, Steuben, Cortland and Otsego, prior to the first 

 day of November, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight. The provisions of this section shall not 

 apply to Robbin's Island and Gardiner's Island. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the 

 provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall 

 be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each bird killed, trapped or possessed contrary 

 to the provisions of this section. 



Woodcock and Grouse ; Close Season. 



§ 74. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, commonly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse 

 family, shall not be pursued, shot at, hunted or killed except from the sixteenth day of August to 

 the thirty-first day of December, both inclusive. The provisions of this section shall not apply 

 to Long Island. Whoever shall violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall 

 be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty- 

 five dollars for each bird killed, trapped, or possessed contrary to the provisions of this section. 



Woodcock and Grouse ; When Not to be Possessed. 



§ 75. Woodcock, ruffed grouse, commonly known as partridge, or any member of the grouse 

 family, shall not be sold or possessed except from the sixteenth day of August to the thirty-first 

 day of January following, both inclusive, and possession or sale thereof during the month of 

 January is forbidden and shall be deemed a violation of this section, unless it be proved by the 

 possessor or seller that said birds were killed within the lawful period for killing the same, or out 

 of the State. The provisions of this section shall not apply to Long Island. Whoever shall 

 violate or attempt to violate the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, 

 and in addition thereto shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars for each bird killed, 

 trapped or possessed contrary to the provisions of this section. 



