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the county treasurer) from nonresidents trapping or netting pigeons (Act 

 June 3). 



1879. Delaware. — Game protective association incorporated and nonresidents pro- 



hibited from hunting in the State without securing a certificate of member- 

 ship (chap. 111). 



Idaho. — Provision protecting eagles and their nests and eggs at all times (p. 39, 

 sec. 2). 



Indiana. — Protection of woodcock and duck; hounding prohibited; export 

 prohibited (chap. 122). 



Michigan. — Act to prevent the killing of elk for 10 years (No. 233). 



Missouri. — Nonresidents prohibited from hunting in the State (R. S., sec. 

 1618). 



New Jersey. — "Act to authorize the formation of associations and societies for 

 the more effectual protection of game and game fish" (chap. 87); compre- 

 hensive law for wild-fowl shooting on Barnegat Bay, prohibiting shooting 

 between sunset and sunrise, sailing for birds, or shooting from boats pro- 

 pelled by steam or sail, or from any boats or structures anchored in the bay; 

 rest days established for shooting in Mosquito Cove (chap. 109). 



Virginia. — "Act to protect buzzards" — turkey buzzards and black buzzards 

 (Acts 1878-79, chap. 72). 



Importation of large numbers of European quail. Nearly 3,000 distributed in 

 New England and the Middle States (Forest and Stream, XII, p. 371, 1879). 



1880. Connecticut. — Act establishing rest days on Tuesdays and Fridays between 



Oct. 20 and Apr. 20 for shooting on certain parts of the Housatonic River 



(chap. 88). 

 Maine. — Jurisdiction of commissioners of inland fisheries extended to game 



(chap. 208). 

 Massachusetts. — Decision in case of Comm. v. Hall (128 Mass., 410). 

 New Mexico. — First game law with uniform close season for all game, deer, 



elk, buffalo, antelope, sheep, turkey, grouse, and quail, May 1 to Sept. 1 



(chap. 25). 

 Publication of Hallock's Bibliography for Sportsmen (in Sportsmen's 



Gazetteer). 



1881. Arizona. — Establishment of board of three fish commissioners (No. 66). 

 Illinois. — Decision in case of Magner v. People (97 111., 320), involving the 



right of the State to legislate concerning imported game. First decision 

 of the kind in the State and the first enunciation of the principle that the 

 game belongs to the State. 

 Oregon. — First importation of ring-necked pheasants, 12 males and 3 females, 

 liberated 12 miles below Portland. 



1882. Massachusetts. — "Act for the better protection of deer," making it unlawful 



to hunt deer except on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in 



November (chap. 199). 

 Oregon. — Close season on ring-necked pheasant for 5 years (p. 61). 

 Wyoming. — Uniform open season for all big game in month of October and 



prohibition of killing more than can be used for food (chap. 49). 



1883. California. — Law protecting at all times elk, antelope, mountain sheep, female 



deer, and spotted fawn, prohibiting possession, sale, or transportation of 

 deer from which evidence of sex has been removed, and prohibiting hunting 

 of animals unless carcass is used by hunter or sold for food (chap. 43). 

 Connecticut. — Appointment by selectmen of each town of two or more game 

 wardens for two years, at same compensation as that of grand jurors (chap. 

 133). 



