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meadowlark, woodcock, snipe, plover, Apr. 1 to Sept. 1; goose and duck, 

 May 1 to Sept. 15; excepting birds of prey and others damaging crops, pro- 

 tecting nests and eggs and protecting female deer, Mar. 1 to Aug. 1 (chap. 309, 

 app. Dec. 21). 



1861. Nevada. — First game law, protecting deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, and 



mountain goat, Jan. 1 to July 1; grouse, sage hen, prairie chicken, partridge, 

 pheasant, woodcock, wild duck, goose, brant, swan, sandhill crane, plover, 

 snipe, curlew, robin, dove, lark, yellow hammer, and bittern, Apr. 1 to Sept. 1; 

 and certain nongame birds at any time (chap. 14). 

 New York. — Killing of last moose in the Adirondacks, a cow on the South Inlet 

 of Raquette Lake in July, a young bull on Marion River in August, and a cow 

 in the autumn on East Inlet of Raquette Lake. (Madison Grant, 7th Rept. 

 For. Fish, and Game Comm., p. 235, 1902.) 



1862. New York. — First law prohibiting sale of quail, ruffed grouse, and woodcock in 



close season throughout the State (sec. 8); close season of 5 years for deer 

 on Long Island; fawn in spotted coat protected throughout State; killing 

 wild pigeons on nesting ground, breaking up nests, or shooting within 1 mile 

 of nesting grounds prohibited (sec. 5); protection of nongame birds, including 

 eagle and fish hawk, with exception in favor of persons collecting for scientific 

 • purposes (sec. 6); pinnated grouse protected for 10 years; unlawful to trespass 

 on lands surrounding a dwelling house to shoot (sec. 20, chap. 474). 



1863. Maine. — Close seasons for quail, Mar. 1 to Sept. 1, and woodcock, Mar. 1 to July 



4; purchase or sale of native or imported birds prohibited in close season 

 (chap. 166). 



1864. Idaho. — First game law, protecting buffalo, deer, elk, antelope, mountain sheep, 



and mountain goat during a uniform season, Feb. 1 to July 1 (p. 598). 

 Minnesota. — Provision making it unlawful to enter upon growing crops with 



gun or dog without permission of the owner (chap. 60). 

 New York. — First license law in the United States, a local law for Suffolk County, 



to go into effect in 1867. This law required $10 permits issued by justice of 



the peace to shoot deer. (Never actually in force.) (Chap. 426.) 



1865. Connecticut. — Law prohibiting use of ferrets in hunting rabbits (chap. 16). 

 Michigan. — Law prohibiting use of punt or swivel guns and providing first 



protection for "any small bird not known as a game bird," except blackbirds 

 (No. 278). 



New York.— Organization of State Fish, Game, and Forest League. 



Washington. — First game law, prohibiting wanton destruction of game and kill- 

 ing deer or elk for sale, Feb. 1 to July 1; pheasants, partridges, or grouse, 

 Apr. 1 to Aug. 1, except Snohomish and Kitsap Counties, and Indians hunting 

 on reservations (p. 37). 



Publication of " Digest of Bird and Game Laws " of 19 states, by J. R. Dodge 

 (Rept. Dept. Agriculture for 1864, pp. 442^46). 



1866. Florida. — Hunting permission law, prohibiting hunting on inclosed lands of 



another without permission (chap. 1466, sec. 19). 

 New Jersey. — Close term on prairie fowl for 5 years. 

 Pennsylvania.— Provision protecting all squirrels, Jan. 1 to Aug. 15, in Chester 



and 10 other counties (Act Apr. 11, Bee. 2). 



1867. Colorado. — First game law, protecting elk, deer, antelope, mountain sheep, and 



wild turkey during a uniform season, Jan. 15 to Aug. 15, and establishing a 

 close season for 2 years on pheasant, quail, and prairie chicken (p. 68). 

 Indiana. — Provisions prohibiting netting of quail and prairie chicken at any 

 time (chap. 58. sees. 2 and 3). 



