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Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture. 
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Fig* 1.—Open seasons fixed by Federal regulations adopted in 1918 for 
waterfowl (except wood duck, eider ducks, and swans), coot, gallinules, and 
Wilson snipe or jacksnipe. Wood ducks, eider ducks, and swans are pro¬ 
tected for a term of years under the provisions of a treaty between the 
United States and Great Britain for the protection of birds migrating 
between the United States and Canada. 
Fig. 2.—Open seasons fixed by the Federal regulations adopted in 1918 for 
black-bellied and golden plovers and greater and lesser yellow-legs. 
