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land, the District of Columbia, Virginia, and South Carolina 

 shall begin November I and end August 31 next following, 

 both dates inclusive. 



REGULATION 4. FIVE-YEAR CLOSED SEASONS ON CERTAIN 



GAME BIRDS 



A closed season shall continue until September 1, 1918, on 

 the following migratory game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, 

 little brown, sandhill, and whooping cranes, swans, curlew, 

 and all shore birds except the black-breasted and golden plover, 

 Wilson or jack snipe, woodcock, and the greater and lesser 

 yellow-legs. 



A closed season shall also continue until September 1, 1918, 

 on wood ducks in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massa- 

 chusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, 

 Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and 

 Wisconsin; on rails in California and Vermont; and on wood- 

 cock in Illinois and Missouri. 



REGULATION 5. CLOSED SEASON ON CERTAIN NAVIGABLE 



RIVERS 



A closed season shall continue between January 1 and 

 October 31, both dates inclusive, of each year, on all migratory 

 birds passing over or at rest on any of the waters of the main 

 streams of the following navigable rivers, to wit: The Miss- 

 issippi River between New Orleans, La., and Minneapolis, 

 Minn.; the Ohio River between its mouth and Pittsburgh, 

 Pa. ; and the Missouri River between its mouth and Bismarck, 

 N. Dak.; and on the killing or capture of any of such birds on 

 or over the shores of any of said rivers, or at any point within 

 the limits aforesaid, from any boat, raft, or other device, 

 floating or otherwise, in or on any such waters. 



REGULATION 6. ZONES 



The following zones for the protection of migratory game 

 and insectivorous birds are hereby established : 



Zone No. I, the breeding zone, comprising States lying 

 wholly or in part north of latitude 40 and the Ohio River and 



