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Massachusetts'^ 

 (1886-1901.) 



Michigan... 

 (1897-1901. 



Kinds of game. 



Woodcock— Continued. 



Queen Anne Feb. l-July 5 



St. Mary Feb. 2'1-July 5 



Somerset Jan. l-June 15 



Talbot Jan. 1-July 5 



Washington Dec. 25-July 12 



Wicomico Feb. 1-June 15 



Worcester Until July 10, 1902 



Plover (see exceptions) 



Exccj^tions: 



Carroll May 1-Sept. 1 



Kent Dec. 25-Aug. 1 



Wicomico Jan. 15-Nov. 15 



Worcester Unprotected 



Snipe (see exceptions) 



Exceptions: 



Carroll May 1-Sept. 1 



Kent June 1-Mar. 15 



Wicomico ('sandpiper') Jan. 15-Nov. 15 



Worcester Unprotected 



Sora, water rail, or ortolan (see exceptions) 



Exceptions: 



Caroline Jan. 1-Sept. 20 



Cecil Feb. 1-Sept. 5 



Harford Dec. 15-Sept. 1 



Prince George (on marshes of Patapsco, Potomac, or Pa- 

 tuxent bordering on Prince George or Anne Arundel 



counties) Nov. 1-Sept. 5 



Talbot Jan. 1-Sept. 10 



Reedbird (see exceptions) 



Exceptions: 



Cecil Feb. 1-Sept. 5 



Harford Dec. 15-Sept. 1 



Duck, goose, brant, swan, and other Avild fowl (see exceptions ) . 

 Exceptions: 

 Anne Arundel ( ' wild fowl ' on Magothy, South, and Sev- 

 ern rivers) ' May 1-Oct. 1 1 



Caroline (duck) Apr, 1-Sept. 20 1 



Cecil, Harford Special local provisions i 



Charles ( 'acorn or genuine duck' ) State law . Apr.lO-Oct.l ^ 



Dorchester Special local provisions i 



Somerset (duck, except wood duck) Apr. 1-Oct. 1 



Wood or summer duck Jan. 1-Sept. 1 



■ Goose Apr. 1-Nov. 1 ^ 



Talbot (wildfowl, except summer duck), on Great Chop- 

 tank River .May 1-Oct. 10 



Summer duck Jan. i-Sept. 10 1 



Wicomico ( wood or summer duck) Jan. 1-Sept. 10 1 



Worcester (wood or summer duck) Mar. 1-Sept. 1 1 



Deer, 5 years 



Gray squirrel, hare, rabbit (except on Cape Ann and in town of 



Essex). 

 Quail, 3 ruffed grouse or partridge, woodcock (except on Cape 

 Ann). 



Pinnated grouse, dove 



Wild or passenger pigeon 



Pheasants (English, golden, Mongolian) , 5 years 



Plover, snipe, sandpiper, rail, or any 'shore,' 'marsh,' or 

 'beach' birds. 



Wood or summer duck, black duck, teal 



Other ducks 



Deer (see exceptions) 



Exce2:)tions: 



Deer in red coat and fawn in spotted coat 



Deer on island of Bois Blanc, and in Allegan, Huron, 

 Lapeer, Macomb, Monroe, Ottawa, St. Clair, Sanilac, 



and Tuscola counties Until Jan. 1 , 1906 



Elk, moose, caribou 



Squirrel (black, fox, or gray) 



Quail (colin), ruffed grouse (partridge or pheasant — except 

 on Upper Peninsula), spruce hen, woodcock. 



Close seasons. 



:May 1-Aug. 15. 

 May 1-Aug. 15. 

 Nov. 1-Sept. 1. 



Nov. 1-Sept. 1. 

 Apr. 10-Nov. 1. 



Until Nov. 1, 1903. 

 Mar. 1-Oct. 1. 



Dec. 1-Oct. 1. 



At all times. 

 May 1-Oct. 1. 

 Until 1905. 

 May 1-July 15. 



Mar. 1-Sept. 1. 

 May 20-Sept 1. 

 Dec.l-Nov.8. 



Afall times. 



Until 1911. 

 Dec. 1-Oct. 15. 

 Dec. 1-Oct. '20.4 



' Otherwise as stated in State law. 



- Gray squirrels, chipmunks, rabbits, and all land birds except English sparrows protected at all 

 times until 1902 on Cape Ann, and the same with the added exception of 'beach or marsh birds' 

 protected in the town of Essex until April 20, 1904. 



•^ For sale seasons, see p. 55. 



^This is the old law. The Attorney-General of Michigan has declared that section 10 of the law of 

 1901, making Dec. 1-Oct. 1 the close season for quail or colin, ruffed grouse or partridge, spruce hen, 

 and woodcock, is unconstitutional and that the old law on these birds stands unrepealed. Section 

 10 of the new law as approved by the Governor differs from the same section in the bill passed by 

 the legislature as shown by the legislative journals. (See Am. Field, Vol. LVI, p. 104, Aug. 10, 1901.) 



