Licking Valley courier. [volume] (West Liberty, Ky.) 19??-current, 1913-11-27
BIRD REGULATIONS.
Federal Law to Protect the Mi
gratory Game.
Presidents Proclamation Puts Under
Federal Protection, for First Time,
Large Number of Insectvorous
Birds-country Divided.

MISUNDERSTANDING the procla-
nation Of the president of the
United States establishing regulations
for the protection Of migratory birds,
the department Of agriculture set in
motion machinery that made these
regulations effective in every state on
November /, the date set for the OPP
Grafton of the proclamation. These
regulations put under federal protec-
ton, for the first time, a large number
Of migratory game and insectivorous
birds, and thus placed federal restric.
tions on the 100000 hunters of the
United States. In enforcing these reg
ulations federal authorities will CO.
operate with state game commission
ers and other state authorities in
carrying out the provisions Of the law,
and to prevent complications in the
local enforcement of regulations.
The states have been grouped into
13 units or districts, each in charge
of an inspector. Several of these po-
sitions in the west will be filled tenn
porarily by regular experienced en-
ployes of the department.
Among the birds protected by the
regulations are the brant, wild duck,
goose, swan, cranes of various species,
rail, several kinds Of shore birds,
pigeon, dove, wild pigeon, bobolink,
catbird, chickadee, cuckoo, flicker, fly.
catcher, grosbeak, cumming bird,
kinglet martin, meadow lark, night
hawk, nuthatches, oriole, robin,
shrike, swallow, swift, thrush, war.
bier, whippoorwill, woodpecker and
wren.
The regulations for the enforce
ment of the law separate the country
into two zones known as the breeding
and wintering zones. The former com.
prlses rs states lying wholly or in part
north Of latitude 40 degrees and the
Ohio river, and the latter comprises
% states and the District of Colum.
bia lying wholly or in part south of
idNituuC ~ anu the OnlO ilNCl.
A close season has been establish.
ed on the catbird, chickadee, gros-
beak, humming bird, martin, meadow
lark, bullbat, robin, swallow, thrush,
whippoorwill and woodpecker. The
regulations contain prohibition abol.
ishing the hunting Of all migratory
game and insectivorous birds from
sunse to sunrise. In Maryland, Dis
trict of Columbia, Virginia and South
Carolina the close season for the reed.
bird extends from November to Aug.
ust 81.
A close season until September /,
1918 is established on such migra.
tory game birds as the band.tailed
pigeon, the little brown sandhill
whooping crane, swan and curlew, and
on all shore birds except the black
breasted and golden plover, Wilson or
jack snipe, woodcock, and yellow.
legs. A close season until the same
date is also established on wood
ducks in Maine, New Hampshire, Yer
mont, Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
Connecticut New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscon
sin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kentucky, Call
fornia, Oregon and Washington; OF
rails In California and Vermont; ant
on woodcock in Illinois and Mis-
souri,.
A close season has been likewise
put in force on all migratory bird
passing over or at rest on any o
the waters of the main streams o
the Mississippi river between Mime
apolls and Memphis, and on the Mis-
souri, river between Bismarck and Ne
braska City. The killing or capture o
any such birds on the shores or iron
any boat or floating object along thes'
streams is prohibited
The general open season for water
fowl In the northern zone is from SEP
TENDER / to December 16, and in tn
southern zone from November I,
January 16. Massachusetts has
close season on Waterfowl from Janu
airy / to September 10; New York eS
cepting Long Island, from Decembe
l6 to September 16; Long Island, Orc
gon and Washington from January /
to October /; New Jersey from Febru
airy / to November /; Minnesota
North Dakota and Wisconsin from Dc
cember / to September Z: Delaware