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LEGISLATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



some parts of the Southwest, it is perhaps in uo immediate danger of 

 extermination if the slaughter is kept within reasonable bounds. There 

 is, however, a wide diversity in the open seasons in different States. 

 As shown in the following table and diagram, dove shooting is allowed 

 during periods varying from two to nine months. (See fig. 2.) 



Open i^eamns for doves. 



state or Territory. 



Open season. 



state or Territory. 



Open season. 



Alabama i 



Arizona 



November 1 to March 1. 

 June 1 to March 1. 

 July 1.5 to February 15. 

 July l.T to September 30. 

 Augast 15 to March 15. 

 September 1 to December 1. 

 August 1 to February 1. 

 September 1 to April 1. 

 August 15 to December 24. 

 September 1 to November 1 . 



Mississippi 



Missouri 



September 15 to March 1. 

 August 1 to January 1. 

 August 1 to September 30. 

 October 15 to April 1. 

 July 4 to December 15. 

 August 1 to December 31. 

 August 1 to March 1. 

 November 1 to February 1 . 

 July 1 to December 1. 



California 



Colorado 



New Jersey 



North Carolina . . . 

 Ohio 



Illinois 



Oklahoma 



South Carolina . . . 



Tennessee 2 



Utah 



Kentucky 



Louisiana 



Maryland 



Minnesota 





1 The evident intention wa.s to make the open season August 1 to March 1 (see p. 56). 

 - In Greene and Bradley counties; in WiLson County the open season extends from August 1 to April 

 1, and in Montgomery and Cheatham counties from August 1 to March 1. 



Fig. 2.— Diagram showing open seasons fur dove.-' 

 dove shooting is permitted. 



The shaded area indicates the months when 



Doves feed largely on seeds, and an examination of a considora))!© 

 luaiiber of stomachs has shown that those include seeds of noxious 



