100 PISH AND GAME LAWS. 
PART VI. 
FEDERAL STATUTES, REGU- 
LATIONS, ORDERS AND 
STATEMENT. 
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REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF 
MIGRATORY BIRDS. 
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By the President of the United States of America, 
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A PROCLAMATION. 
Whereas, An act of congress approved March 
fourth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, entitled “An 
act making appropriations for the Department of 
Agriculture for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, 
nineteen hundred and fourteen” (37 Stat, 847), 
contains provisions as follows : 
All wild geese, wild swans, brant, wild ducks, 
snipe, plover, woodcock, rail, wild pigeons, and 
all other migratory game and insectivorous 
birds which in their northern and southern 
migrations pass through or do not remain per- 
manently the entire year within the borders of 
any state or territory, shall hereafter be 
deemed to be within the custody and protection 
of the government of the United States, and 
shall not be destroyed or taken contrary to 
regulations hereinafter provided therefor. 
The Department of Agriculture is hereby 
authorized and directed to adopt suitable regu- 
lations to give effect to the previous paragraph 
by prescribing and fixing closed seasons, having 
due regard to the zones of temperature, breed- 
ing habits, and times and line of migratory 
