October, 1918 
FOREST AND STREAM 
599 
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, 
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, 
Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the 
open season shall be from November i to 
January 31; and in Alaska the open season 
shall be from September 1 to December 
15 - 
Rails (except coot and gallinules)—The 
open season for sora and other rails (ex¬ 
cept coot and gallinules) shall be from Sep¬ 
tember 1 to November 30, except as fol¬ 
lows : 
In Louisiana the open season shall be 
from November 1 to January 31. 
The open seasons for black-bellied and 
golden plovers and greater and lesser 
yellowlegs shall be as follows: 
In Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu¬ 
setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New 
York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, 
•and Virginia, the open season shall be 
from August 16 to November 30. 
In the District of Columbia, North Car¬ 
olina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Arkan¬ 
sas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Cal¬ 
ifornia and Alaska, the open season shall 
be from September 1 to December 15. 
In Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West 
Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, Min¬ 
nesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne¬ 
braska, Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming, Mon¬ 
tana, Idaho, Nevada, and that portion of 
Oregon and Washington lying east of the 
summit of the Cascade Mountains, the 
open season shall be from September 16 
to December 31. 
In Utah and in that portion of Oregon 
and Washington lying west of the summit 
of the Cascade Mountains, the open season 
shall be from October 1 to January 15. 
In Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Missis¬ 
sippi, Louisiana and Texas, the open season 
shall be from November 1 to January 31. 
Woodcock—The open seasons for wood¬ 
cocks shall be as follows: 
In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, 
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, 
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, 
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, 
Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Missouri, 
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South 
Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas, the open 
season shall be from October 1 to Novem¬ 
ber 30. 
In Delaware, Maryland, the District of 
Columbia, Virginia, North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis¬ 
sissippi, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, 
Texas and Oklahoma, the open season shall 
be from November 1 to December 31. 
Doves—The open seasons for mourning 
and white-winged doves shall be as fol¬ 
lows : 
In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Ten¬ 
nessee, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Okla¬ 
homa, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Ari¬ 
zona, California, Nevada, Idaho 
and Oregon, the open season 
shall be from September 1 to 
December 15. 
In North Carolina, South 
Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 
Alabama, Mississippi and Lou¬ 
isiana, the open season shall 
:>e from September 16 to De- 
:ember 31. 
Regulation 5. — Bag Limits 
on Certain Migratory Game Birds: 
A person may take in any one day dur¬ 
ing the open seasons prescribed therefor 
in Regulation 4 not to exceed the follow¬ 
ing numbers of migratory game birds: 
Ducks (except wood duck and eider 
ducks)—Twenty-five in the aggregate of 
all kinds. 
Geese—Eight in the aggregate of all 
kinds. 
Brant—Eight. 
Rails, coot, and gallinules—Twenty-five 
in the aggregate of all kinds. 
Black-bellied and golden plovers and 
greater and lesser yellowlegs—Fifteen in 
the aggregate of all kinds. 
Wilson snipe or jacksnipe—Twenty-five. 
Woodcock—Six. 
Doves (mourning and white-winged) — 
Twenty-five in the aggregate of both kinds. 
Regulation 6.—Shipment and Transpor¬ 
tation of Certain Migratory Game Birds. 
Waterfowl (except wood duck, eider 
ducks, and swans), rails, coot, gallinules, 
black-bellied and golden plovers, greater 
and lesser yellowlegs, woodcock, Wilson 
snipe or jacksnipe, and mourning and 
white-winged doves and parts thereof 
legally taken, may be transported in or 
out of the state where taken during 
the respective open seasons in that state, 
and may be imported from Canada dur¬ 
ing the open season in the province 
where taken, in any manner, but not 
more by one person in one calendar week 
than the number that may be taken under 
these regulations in two days by one per¬ 
son; any such migratory game birds or 
parts thereof in transit during the open 
season may continue in transit such addi¬ 
tional time immediately succeeding such 
open season, not to exceed five days, neces¬ 
sary to deliver the same to their destina¬ 
tion; and any package in which migratory 
game birds or parts thereof are transport¬ 
ed shall have the name and address of the 
shipper and of the consignee and an accu¬ 
rate statement of the numbers and kinds 
of birds contained therein clearly and con¬ 
spicuously marked on the outside thereof; 
but no such birds shall be transported 
from any state, territory, or district to or 
through another state, territory, or district, 
or to or through a province of the Domin¬ 
ion of Canada contrary to the laws of the 
state, territory, or district, or province of 
the Dominion of Canada in which they 
were taken or from which they are trans¬ 
ported ; nor, shall any such birds be trans¬ 
ported into any state, territory, or district 
from another state, territory, or district, 
or from any state, territory, or district into 
any provinice of the Dominion of Canada 
at a time when such state, territory, or 
district, or province of the Dominion of 
Canada prohibits the possession or trans¬ 
portation thereof. 
Regulation 7.—Taking of Certain Migra¬ 
tory Non-Game Birds by Eskimos and In¬ 
dians in Alaska. 
In Alaska, Eskimos and Indians may 
take for the use of themselves and their 
immediate families, in any manner and at 
any time, and possess, and transport auks, 
auklets, guillemots, murres, and puffins 
and their eggs for food, and their skins 
for clothing. 
Regulation 8.—Permits to Propagate and 
Sell Migratory Waterfowl. 
1. A person may take in any manner and 
at any time migratory waterfowl and their 
eggs for propagating purposes when author¬ 
ized by a permit issued by the secretary. 
Waterfowl and their eggs so taken may be 
possessed by the permittee and may be sold 
and transported by him for propagating 
purposes to any person holding a permit 
issued by the secretary in accordance with 
the provisions of this regulation. 
2. A person authorized by a permit is¬ 
sued by the secretary may possess, buy, 
sell and transport migratory waterfowl and 
their increase and eggs, in any manner and 
at any time, for propagating purposes; and 
migratory waterfowl, except the birds 
taken under paragraph 1 of this regulation, 
so possessed may be killed by him in any 
manner except by shooting, and the un¬ 
plucked carcasses and the plucked carcasses 
with heads attached thereto of the birds so 
killed may be sold and transported by him 
in any manner and at any time to any 
person for actual consumption, or to the 
keeper of a hotel, restaurant, or boarding 
house, retail dealer in meat or game, or a 
club, for sale or service to their patrons, 
who may possess such carcasses for actual 
consumption without a permit. 
3. Any package in which such waterfowl 
or parts thereof or their eggs are trans¬ 
ported shall have plainly and conspicuously 
marked on the outside thereof the name 
and address of the permittee, the number 
of his permit, the name and address of the 
consignee, and an accurate statement of 
the number and kinds of birds or eggs con¬ 
tained therein. 
4. Applications for permits must be ad¬ 
dressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, 
Washington, D. C., and must contain the 
following information: Name and address 
of applicant; place where the 
business is to be carried on; 
number of acres of land used 
in the business and whether 
owned or leased by the ap¬ 
plicant; number of each spe¬ 
cies of waterfowl in posses¬ 
sion of applicant; name of 
species and number of birds or 
eggs of each species if permis- 
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