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Regulation 4. Five-year closed seasons on certain game birds. 
A closed season shall continue until September 1, 1918, on the fol¬ 
lowing migratory game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, little brown, 
sandhill, and whooping cranes, swans, curlew, and all shorebirds 
except the black-breasted and golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe, 
woodcock, and the greater and lesser yellowlegs. 
A closed season shall also continue until September 1, 1918, on 
wood ducks in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, 
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, West Virginia, and Wisconsin; on rails in 
California and Vermont; and on woodcock 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 fol¬ 
lowing navigable rivers, to wit: The Mississippi 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 including 
Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, 
Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South 
Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, 
and Washington—25 States. 
Zone No. #, the wintering zone, comprising States lying wholly or 
in part south of latitude 40° and the Ohio River and including 
Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, West Virginia, Vir¬ 
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, 
Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada, 
and Utah—23 States and the District of Columbia. 
