Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1913-08-15

Interest Of Birds Rather Than
Hunters Is Given First
Consideration.

Hunters Is Given First
Consideration.
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II Asst March a federal law was
passed placing game and migra-
- tory birds under the protection
Of the department Of agricul-
ture aud authorizing that department
to form and publish such regulat lions
as would assure the desired protection.
The department has issued it's rules
and an explanation. so sportsmen need
not go wrong.
Preparation Of the regulations was
sntraIsted to- a committee OF members
Of the biotog IDEAL survey appointed BY
the acting secretary Of agriculture
March q, 1913. This committee con-
sists Of T. s. Palmer. assistant chief,
chairman; A. K. Fisher. in charge Of
economic investigations, and w. w.
Cooke. migratory expert. This com
mittee went into the matter thorough.
". examined data on file, had maps
prepared, collected special information
and then made up their rules. which
they duly reported to the secretary.
The committee went on the theory
that regulatory laws heretofore enact.
ed for the protection Of game birds
had provided long open seasons and
had been favorable to hunters rather
than to the birds. In the rules pro-
posed the committee sought to reduce
the open season to reasonable limits
and to give the birds the benefit Of the
doubt. These regulations differ from
the ordinary restrictions under state
laws, since they take into considera.
ton the entire range of the species and
the condition of the birds at. all times
Of the year, and not merely the local
conditions when q certain species ia
most abundant in some particular
state or region. The regulate will
become operative on and after Oct. 1,
1918.
49, Birds Protected.
Regulation .1.-For the purpose Of the
regulations the following are consid-
cred migratory game birds: III
(a) Anatidae or waterfowl, including
.brant, wild ducks, geese and swans.
(b) Gruidae or cranes, including little
brown, sandhill and whooping cranes.
(c) Rallidae or rails, including coots.
gallinules and sora and other rails.
ID Limicolae or shore birds, includ-
ing avocets, curlew, dowitchers, gold
wits, knots, oyster catchers. phala-
ropes, p!over, sandpipers, snipe, stills,
surf birds, turnstones. willet, wood
cock and yellow legs.
(e) Columbidae or pigeons including
doves and wild pigeons. a..
For the purposes Of these regulations
the following shall be considered mi
gratory insectivorous birds:
~ Bobolinks. catbirds. chickadees.
cuckoos. fycatchers. grosbeaks, hum
ming birds, kinglets, martins, meadow
larks, night hawks or bull bats. nut
ha tches, orioles. robins, shrikes. swa!-
lows, swifts. tanagers, titmice. thrush
es, vircos, warblers, waxwings. whip
poorwills, woodpeckers and wrens and
all other perching birds which feed
entirely or chiefly on insects.
-. Closed Seasons at Night.
Regulation "a daily closed season
on all migratory game and insectiv-
orous birds shall extend from sunset
to sunrise.
Regulation "a closed season on
migratory insectivorous birds shall
continue to Dec 81. 1918, and each
year thereafter shall begin Jan. and
continue to Dec. 81, both dates inciu-
sive. provided that nothing in this
regulation shall be construed to pre-.
vent the issue Of permits for collecting
such birds for scientific purposes In
with the laws and regula-
lions in force in the respective states
and territories and the District Of
Columbia, and provided further that
the closed season on reedbirds or rice
birds in Delaware, Maryland, the Dis
trict Of Columbia, Virginia and South
Carolina shall begin Nov. I and end
Aug. 81 next following both dates in
elusive.
5s Five Year Closed Season.
Regulation "A closed season shall
continue until Sept. /, 1918. on the
following migratory game birds: Band
tailed pigeons, little brown, sand bill
ana whooping cranes, swans. cursew
and ell shore birds, except the black
breasted and golden plovef. Wilson
Of jack snipe, woodceek and the great
e. and the lesser yellow legs:
r a closed season shall also continue
until Sept. !. 1918, on the wood duck
"A Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont,
MASSACHUSETTS,. Rhode Island, Con-
necticut, New York, New Jersey. Penn
.sylvania, Ohio. Indiana. Michigan,
west Virginia and Wisconsin; on rail
in California and Vermont and on
w,oodcock In Illinois and Missouri.
Regulation IA closed season shall