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Issued June 23, 1913. 
United States Department of Agriculture, 
BUREAU OF BIOLOGICAL SURVEY—CIRCULAR No. 92. 
HENRY W. HENSHAW, Chief of Bureau. 
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PROPOSED REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF 
MIGRATORY BIRDS. 
Washington, D. C., June 17 , 1913. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913, author¬ 
izing and directing the Department of Agriculture to adopt suitable 
regulations prescribing and fixing closed seasons for migratory 
birds (37 Stat., 847), regulations, copy of which is hereto annexed, 
have been prepared, are hereby made public, and are hereby pro¬ 
posed for adoption, after allowing a period of three months in which 
the same may be examined and considered. The regulations, as 
finally adopted, will become effective on or after October 1, 1913, 
whenever approved by the President. 
Public hearings on the proposed regulations will be held by the 
Bureau of Biological Survey of this department whenever deemed 
necessary. Inquiries in reference thereto should be addressed to 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
B. T. Galloway, 
Acting Secretary of Agriculture. 
REGULATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY 
BIRDS. 
Pursuant to the provisions of the act of March 4, 1913, author¬ 
izing and directing the Department of Agriculture to adopt suitable 
regulations prescribing and fixing closed seasons for migratory birds 
(37 Stat., 847), having due regard to zones of temperature, breeding 
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