The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-15

fure and authorizing that department
10 form and publish such regulations
hs would assure the desired protection.
|The department has issued it's rules
bnd an explanation, so sportsmen need
DOT go wrong.
Preparation Of the regulations was
'ntrusted to committee of members
bf the biological survey appointed by
/ he acting secretary of agriculture
March 81, 1913. This committee con-
Eists of T. S. Palmer, assistant chief
economic investigations, and w. W.
Cooke, migratory expert. This COM
'nittee went into the matter thorough
/ y, examined data on file, had maps
prepared, collected special information
Ind then made up their rules, which
T. hey duly reported to the secretary.
+ The committee went on the theory
That regulatory laws heretofore enact
Id for the protection of game birds
bad provided long open seasons and
had been favorable to hunters rather
han to the birds. In the rules pro-
bosed the committee sought to reduce
he open season to reasonable limits
nd to give the birds the benefit of the
loubt. These regulations differ from
#he ordinary restrictions under state
laws, since they take into considera-
ion the entire range Of the species and
he condition of the birds at all times
Il the year, and not merely the local
conditions when q certain species is
host abundant in some particular
tate or region. The regulations will
become operative on and after Oct. 1,
1918.
Birds Protected.
Regulation 1.-For the purpose of the
regulations the following are consid-
red migratory game birds:
(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, including
rant, wild ducks, geese and swans.
Cb) Gruidae or cranes, including little
rown, sandhill and whooping cranes.
(c) Ralhdae or rails, including coots,
allinules and sora and other rails.
(0 Lmicolae or shore birds, includ
hg apocets, curlew, dowitchers, gold
Wits, knots, oyster catchers, phala-
ppes, plover, sandpipers, snipe. stills,
& urf birds, turnstones. willet, wood
= ock and yellow legs.
(e) Columbidae or pigeons including
owes and wild pigeons.
For the purposes Of these regulations
he following shall be considered mi
ratory insectivorous birds:
(f) Bobolinks, catbirds, chickadees,
uckoos, fycatchers, grosbeaks, hum
hing birds, kinglets, martins, meadow
hrks, night hawks or bull bats, nut
atches, orioles, robins, shrikes. swal-
pws, swifts, tanagers, titmice, thrush
5, vircos, warblers, waxwings, whip
oorwills, woodpeckers and wrens and
HI other perching birds which feed
ntirely or chiefly on insects.
Closed Seasons at Night.
Regulation "A daily closed season
b all migratory game and insectiv-
rous birds shall extend from sunset
b sunrise
Regulation IA closed season on
Migratory insectivorous birds shall
bntinue to Dec 81, 1913, and each
ear thereafter shall begin Jan. 1 and
bntinue to Dec. 81, both dates inciu
We, provided that nothing in this
equation shall be construed to pre-
ent the issue of permits for collecting
= lch birds for scientific purposes in
ecordance with the laws and regula-
ons in force in the respective states
nd territories and the District Of
olumbia, and provided further that
= be closed season on reedbirds or rice
q rds in Delaware, Maryland, the Dis
Y let of Columbia, Virginia and South
W arolina shall begin Nov. l and end
ug. 81 next following both dates in
4usive,
Five Year Closed Season.
Regulation A closed season shall
ntinue until Sept. /, 1913, on the
flowing migratory game birds: Band
lied pigeons, little brown, sand hill
ID whooping cranes, swans, curlew
d all shore birds, except the black
easted and golden plover. Wilson
jack snipe, woodcock and the great
and the lesser yellow legs.
A closed season shall also continue
It'll Sept. l, 1918, on the wood duck
& Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
& massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Con-
bcticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn
lvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan.
4 est Virginia and Wisconsin,; on rail
California and Vermont and on
g. bodcock in Illinois and Missouri.
Regulation ga closed season shall
= Intinue between Jan. l and Oct. 81.
th dates inclusive, Of each year on
migratory birds passing over or nj
st on any of the waters of the main
'eam of the following navigable riv-
s: The Mississippi river between
w Orleans and Minneapolis; the
bio river between its mouth and
ttsburgh and the Missouri river be
cen its mouth and Bismarck, N. D.;
ID on the killing or capture of any
ch birds on or over the shores Of any