30 CHRONOLOGY AND INDEX. 



1875. Arkansas. — First game laws, imposing a $10 tax on nonresident trappers, 



hunters, and fishermen (p. 150, and adj. sess., p. 176). 



Florida. — First nonresident license law, requiring a fee of $25 for hunting in each 

 county (chap. 2055). 



Idaho. — Introduction of bobwhite quail. A few pair were turned out near 

 Boise City and by 1878 had become abundant between that point and Snake 

 River. By 1882 they had spread to the west side of Snake River, 50 miles 

 from where they were first liberated (Bendire's Life Hist. N. Am. Birds, I, 

 p. 2, 1892). 



New York. — Decision in case of Phelps v. Racey (60 N. Y., 10), maintaining the 

 right of the State to legislate concerning imported game. 



Last great pigeon roost in New York at Coopers, Steuben County (Forest and 

 Stream, IV, p. 204, 1875). 



North Dakota. — First game law, protecting quail, prairie chicken, and grouse, 

 Mar. 1 to Aug. 1 (chap. 49). 



South Dakota. — First game law (same as North Dakota). 



West Virginia. — Provisions prohibiting shooting on land of another within gun- 

 shot of an occupied dwelling, and shooting ducks, geese, and brant, Feb. 1 to 

 Sept. 1 (chap. 117). 



1876. Kansas. — General law containing first protection of California quail and non- 



game birds, including turkey buzzard, lark, swallow, kingbird, and "other 

 upland insectivorous birds," their nests and eggs (sec. 3); and prohibiting 

 shipment (sec. 6) of protected animals or birds out of State (chap. 82). The 

 export provision was declared unconstitutional the following year (see State v. 

 Saunders, 1877). 

 Missouri. — Decision in case of State v. Randolph (1 Mo. App., 15) involving the 

 sale of imported game (the second decision of the kind). 



1877. Florida. — Plume-bird law prohibiting wanton destruction of nests, eggs, and 



young of sea birds and birds of plume (chap. 3043). 



Illinois. — "Act declaring certain animals and birds Ferae Naturae, to be per- 

 sonal property" [when raised in domestication or kept in inclosures and 

 reduced to possession] (p. 6). 



Kansas. — Decision in case of State v. Saunders (19 Kans., 127), export. Com- 

 pare Phelps v. Racey, New York, 1875. 



Missouri. — Law prohibiting nonresidents from hunting game for sale or export 

 (p. 333). 



Virginia. — Decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in McCready 

 v. Virginia (94 U. S., 395). 



1878. California. — Jurisdiction of boards of fish commissioners extended to game. 

 District of Columbia. — First general game law, prohibiting killing, possession, 



or exposure for sale of quail, Feb. 1 to Nov. 1; ruffed grouse, Feb. 1 to Aug. 

 1; woodcock, Feb. 1 to July 1; prairie chicken, Feb. 1 to Sept. 1; snipe or 

 plover, May 1 to Sept. 1; duck, goose, or brant, Apr. 1 to Sept. 1; rail or 

 ortolan, Feb. 1 to Sept. 1; venison, Jan. 1 to Aug. 15; protecting the turkey 

 buzzard and insectivorous birds throughout the year; prohibiting robbing of 

 nests, trapping, or trespassing; provision for posting lands (20 Stat., 134). 



Iowa. — First bag-limit law in the United States (25 prairie chickens, snipe, 

 woodcock, quail, and ruffed grouse per day), export prohibited (chap. 156). 



Maine. — Close term for moose for two years (chap. 50). 



New Hampshire. — Establishment of board of fish and game commissioners. 



Pennsylvania. — General revision of the game law, including (sec. 15) provi- 

 sions prohibiting killing or disturbing wild pigeons on nesting grounds, 

 discharging firearms within quarter of a mile of such grounds, or killing 

 pigeons on their roosting grounds, and requiring a $50 license (issued by 



