U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
BIOLOGICAL SURVEY 
WASHINGTON. D. C, 
June 2* 1917 
The annexevi letter was rs 
A erred to me for consideration* 
Apparently Mr* Hunter resides 
in Warren County which is not under 
the jurisdiction of the Audubon 
Society* State laws applicable to 
Warren County formerly protected 
doves but the last revision of the 
geine lav/ gives doves no protection. 
Opportunity hae not been afforded to 
examine the laws of 1917 to ascer- 
tain v/hether any change has been mad 
The game lav/s of Warren County are 
administered by a committee known 
as the Game Commission of Vlarren 
County* — 
The migratory bird regulations 
prescribe a daily closed season on 
all migratory birds including doves 
from sunset to sunrise* 
Is it good policy to advise 
the use of poisons for the killing 
of birds? 
If doves eat the poison 
between sunset and sunrise, would 
not the party putting out the poison 
be guilty of a violation of the 
regulations? 
Lav/yer * 
