The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-10-01
Birds Protected .

ReSuldtlOn I.-f OF the purpose OF the
regulations the following are consid-
cred migratory game birds:
(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.
galllnules and sora and other rails.
I'D Limicoae 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) Columhidae or pigeons including
doves and wild pigeons.
For the purposes of these regulations
the following shall be considered mi
gratory insectivorous birds:
Q) Bobolinks. catbrds. chickadees.
cuckoos. hycatchers. grosbeaks. hum
ming birds. kinglets, martins. meadow
larks, night hawks or bull bats. nut
matches. orioles. robins, slrikes. swal-
lows, swifts. tanagers, titmicc. thrush
poorwills, woodpeckers and wrens and
all other perchlng 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. 1913. 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
accordance with the laws and regula-
tons In force in the respective states
and territories and the District OF
Columbia. and provided further that
the closed season on rcedbirds or rice
birds in Delaware, Maryland. the Dis
trict OF Columbia. Virginia and South
Carolina shall begin Nov. | and end
Aug. 81 next following both dates in
elusive.
Five Year Closed Season.
Regulation A closed season shall
continue until Sept. /, 1913, on the
following migratory game birds: Band
tailed pigeons, little brown. sand hill
and whooping cranes, swans, curlew
and all shore birds. except the black
breasted and golden plover. Wilson
or jack snipe, woodcock and the great
err and the lesser yellow legs.
A closed season shall also continue
until Sept. /. 1918. on the wood duck
In 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
woodcock in Illinois and Missouri.
Regulation IA closed season shall
continue between Jan. | and Oct. 81.
both dates inclusive. OF each year OF
all migratory birds passing over or at
rest on any of the waters of the main
stream OF the following navigable riv
crs: The Mississippi river between
New Orleans and Minneapolis: the
Ohio river between its mouth and
and the Missouri river be-
tween its mouth and Bismarck. " D.:
and on the killing or capture of any
such birds on or over the shores Of any
Of said rivers or at any point within
the limits aforesaid from any boat.
raft or other device. floating or other
wise. in or on any sucli waters.
Regulation G-Thc following zones
Tor the protection of migratory game
and insectivorous birds are hereby es
tablished:
Zone No. 1.-The breeding zone. com
prising states lying wholly or In part
north of latitude 40 degrees and the
Ohio river and including Maine New
Hampshire. Vermont Massachusetts.
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York,