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1844. New York. — Law making close season on deer Dec. 1 to Oct. 1, holding owner 



of dog killing deer in close season guilty of violating the act, and providing 



that any person chasing deer in close season shall be deemed in possession 



thereof (chap. 109). 

 Organization of New York Association for the Protection of Game, oldest game 



protective association in existence in the United States (Forest and Stream, 



XXXIII, p. 450, Dec. 26, 1889). 

 Last record of the occurrence of the wild turkey in New York in Sullivan, 



Rockland, Orange, Allegany, and Cattaraugus Counties (Eaton, BirdsN. Y., 



p. 380, 1910). 

 1845 (about). New York. — Killing of last elk in State in Genesee Valley. Antlers 



now in possession of Maj. W. A. Wadsworth, Geneseo, N. Y. (Grant, Rept. 



For., Fish, and Game Comm., 1902-3, p. 322, pi.). 



1846. Alabama. — Act to prevent camp hunting in Covington County (No. 257). 



New Jersey. — General revision of the game laws (Stat. 1847, chap. 3). 



Rhode Island. — First law protecting game birds and prohibiting spring shoot- 

 ing; close season on lark, robin, wood duck, and black duck, Feb. 1 to Sept. 1; 

 partridge, quail, woodcock, and snipe, Feb. 1 to Oct. 1; grass plover, Feb. 1 

 to Aug. 1; heath hen, Jan. 1 to Nov. 1; unlawful to hunt on lands of another 

 Feb. 1 to Sept. 1 without his permission (p. 15). 



1847. Delaware. — First close season for upland game in Newcastle County only. 



Rabbit, quail, and pheasant, Jan. 1 to Oct. 15, and woodcock, Jan. 1 to 

 Aug. 1 (chap. 128). 



1848. Massachusetts. — Law protecting wild pigeon netters by imposing fine of $10 



and damages for frightening pigeons from nets (chap. 85). 



1849. Massachusetts. — Close season for plover, curlew, dough bird, or chicken bird, 



Apr. 20 to July 1 (chap. 246). 



Minnesota. — Sunday hunting prohibited (chap. 9). 



New York. — Act (in effect Jan. 1, 1850) authorizing county boards of super- 

 visors to make ordinances for protection of fish and game (see 1857 and 1859). 



Pennsylvania. — Local act prohibiting hunting deer with dogs in Jefferson 

 County under penalty of $20, one-half to informer and one-half to common- 

 school fund of township (No. 403). 



1850. Connecticut. — Law protecting insectivorous birds (chap. 5). 



New Jersey. — "Act to prevent the destruction of small and harmless birds, " 



including the "small owl" (p. 236). 

 First attempt to introduce the English sparrow. Eight pairs were imported 



by Nicholas Pike and others, kept at Brooklyn Institute, New York, over 



winter and liberated in the spring of 1851, but did not thrive. See 1852 



(Bull. No. 1, Biol. Surv., p. 17, 1889). 



1851. Alabama. — Decision in Underwood v. State (19 Ala., 532) based on the camp 



hunting act of 1846 — the first decision on camp hunting and one of the first 



decisions of a supreme court on the game laws. 

 Delaware. — First general game law on birds and rabbits, protecting partridge, 



pheasant, robin, and rabbit, Mar. 1 to July 1; and prohibiting noncitizens 



from hunting on lands of another without permission or fowling for export 



(chap. 569). 

 Florida. — Two acts regulating camp hunting in Escambia and Santa Rosa 



Counties (chaps. 416, 417). 

 Missouri. — First game law, applicable to St. Louis County only, protecting 



deer, Jan. 1 to Aug. 1; pheasant and quail, Mar. 1 to Sept. 10; woodcock, 



Feb. 1 to July 4; prairie chicken and grouse, Jan. 15 to Aug. 10; wild turkey, 



Feb. 1 to Sept. 1 (p. 544). 



