Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-07-10

fourteen SidltS N4-4Nh ioN h"'~
restriction of this kind.
Season on !nsectivorous Birds
"A closed season on migratory in
spctivorous birds shall continue to
December 81 1913 and each year
thereafter shall begin January ] and
continue to December 81 both dates
inclusive providing that nothing in
this regulation Shall be construed to
prevent the issue Of permits for col
lecting such birds for scientific pur-
poses in accordance With the laws
and regulations in force in the respect
i've states and territories and the Dis
trict of Columbia i i = -
This regulation simply makes uni
form the protection now accorded
these birds in more than forty states,
1t protects the robin, the lark, and
other birds in the few states in which
they suffer from an open season. II
attempts no change in existing regu
lations regarding the issue of permits
sion for collecting birds for scientific
purposes.
Five Year Closed Seasons
Regulation 4 reads: "A closed sea
son shall continue until September l
1918. on the rollowing migratory
game birds: Band-tailed pigeons, lit
tie brown. sandhill and Whoopine
cranes, swans, curlew, and all shor>
birds except the black breasted ant
golden plover, Wilson or jack snipe
woodcock. aud the greater and lesser
yeIlow-legs = * +
This provision is made to harmon
ize the absolute protection alread,
given some birds in certain states, thu
demand for a five-year close season OF
shore birds, and the necessity fol
greater protection on other bird
which have BEEN hunted beyond TIN
margin OF safety. The protection &C
corded woodcock and quail is alread,
existing law; that on swans has bee
made uniform throughout all states
and that on wood ducks extende
from a few states n the northwest t
most of the states in Zone No. 1 cas-
of the Mississippi river. The onl
important additions are the additions
protection given band-tailed pigeon
in a few states ard the closed seaso
godwfts, kildeer, stills, upland plovet
willet, and the smaller shore birds.
Naviaable Rivers.
"a closed season shall continue b
tween January 1 and October 81, bot
dates inclusive, of each year, on a
migratory birds passing over or
rest on any of the waters of the maj
streams Of the following navigab.
rivers, towit: Mississippi river b
tween New Orleans, La, and MINI
apolis, Mimi; the Ohio river betwee
its mouth and Pittsburgh, Pa; al
the Missouri river between its mour
t and Bismarck, N. D.; and on the ki
i ing or capture of any of such bir,
i on or over the shores of any of sa
i rivers, or at any point within 4
limits aforesaid, from any boat, ra
or other device, floating or otherwis
in or on any such waters"
The suspension of hunting on t
Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri rive
allows waterfowl a safe highway fre
/: their winter feeding ground in /
lower Mississippi valley 10 their ne
s ing grounds in Minnesota and t
I Dakotas and farms an extended r
stfuge which is easily defined and c
be generally recognized.
81 Zones Established.
Il, The following zones for the p
lection of migratory game and inset
Il vorous birds + hereby establishe
o Zone No. l, the breeding zone &c
d prising states lying wholly or in p
it north Of latitude 40 aegrees and
10 Ohio river and including Maine, n
e Hampshire, Vermont, Massachuse'
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New "a
10 New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
IN diana, Illinois, Michigan, Wiscont
III Minnesota, Iowa. North Dakota. So
Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, WY
In ing Montana, Idaho. Oregon