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enjoying life immensely. When the hen 

 died I tried to procure another one in 

 her place, but was not able to do so. 

 The principal food for the old quail is 

 mixed chick feed and different kinds of 



greens. My intentions were to release' 

 the cluck and the young quail in a large 

 enclosure after they had been two weeks 

 old, but I had no opportunity to do so 

 any more. 



AMENDMENTS OF AND ADDITIONS TO THE MIGRA- 

 TORY BIRD TREATY ACT REGULATIONS. 



By the President of the United States of America, 



A Proclamation. 



Whereas, The Secretary of Agriculture, 

 pursuant to the authority contained in section 

 three of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act 

 (Public, No. 186, 65th Congress), and having 

 due regard to the zones of temperature and 

 to the distribution, abundance, economic value, 

 breeding habits, and times and lines of migra- 

 tory flight of migratory birds included in the 

 terms of the convention between the ■ United 

 States and Great Britain for the protection 

 of migratory birds, concluded August 16, 1916, 

 has determined when, to what extent, and by 

 what means it is compatible with the terms of 

 said convention to allow hunting, taking, cap- 

 ture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, ship- 

 ment, transportation, carriage, and export of 

 such birds and parts thereof and their nests 

 and eggs, and in accordance with such deter- 

 minations has adopted and submitted to me 

 for approval regulations, additional to and 

 amendatory of the regulations approved and 

 proclaimed July 31, 1918, which the Secretary 

 of Agriculture has determined to be suitable 

 amendatory and additional regulations permit- 

 ting and governing the hunting, taking, cap- 

 ture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, ship- 

 ment, transportation, carriage and export of 

 said birds and parts thereof and their nests 

 and eggs, which said additions and amend- 

 ments are as follows : 



* * * 



Regulation 4. — Open seasons on and posses- 

 sion of certain migratory game birds. 



Regulation 4, subtitle "Black-bellied and 

 golden plpvers and greater and lessor yellow- 

 legs," is amended so as to read as follows : 



Black-bellied and golden plovers and greater 

 and lesser yellowlegs. — The open seasons for 

 black-bellied and golden plovers and greater 

 and lesser yellowlegs shall be as follows : 



In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 

 Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New 

 Jersey, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia the 

 open season shall be from August 16 to No- 

 vember 30 ; 



In the District of Columbia, North Carolina, 

 South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkansas. Okla- 

 homa, Texas. New Mexico, Arizona, Califor- 

 nia and Alaska the open season shall be from 

 September 1 to December 15; 



In Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Vir- 

 ginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Wiscon- 

 sin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North 

 Dakota, south Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, 

 Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada 

 and that portion of Oregon and Washington 

 lying east of the summit of the Cascade 

 Mountains the open season shall be from Sep- 

 tember 16 to December 31 ; 



In Utah and in that portion of Oregon and 

 Washington lying west of the summit of the 

 Cascade Mountains the open season shall be 

 from October 1 to January 15 ; and 



In Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi 

 and Louisiana the open season shall be from 

 November 1 to January 31. 



* * * 



Regulation 5. — Bag limits on certain migra- 

 tory game birds. 



Regulation 5 is amended so as to read as 

 follows : 



A person may take in any one day during 

 the open seasons prescribed therefor in Regu- 

 lation 4 not to exceed the following numbers 

 of migratory game birds. 



Ducks (except wood duck and eider ducks) 

 — Twenty-five in the aggregate of all kinds. 



Geese — Eight in the aggregate of all kinds. 



Brant — Eight. 



Rails, coot and gallinules (except sora) — 

 Twenty-five in the aggregate of all kinds. 



Sora — Fifty. 



Black-bellied and golden plovers and greater 

 and lesser yellowlegs — Fifteen in the aggre- 

 gate of all kinds. 



Wilson snipe, or jacksnipe — Twenty-five. 



Woodcock — Six. 



Doves (mourning and white-winged) — 

 Twenty-five in the aggregate of both kinds. 



* * * 



Regulation 6 — Shipment and transportation 

 of certain migratory game birds. 



Regulation 6 is amended so as to read as 

 follows : 



Waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks 

 and swans), rails, coot, gallinules, black- 

 bellied and golden plovers, greater and lesser 

 yejlowlegs, woodcock, Wilson snipe or jack- 

 snipe, and mourning and white-winged doves 

 and parts thereof legally taken may be trans- 



