Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1914-12-07
MIGRATORY BIRDS
TO BE Protected
Legislation for Their Pres
ervation Framed by
Government
CLOSED SEASON ON
NAVIGABLE RIVERS

NAVIGABLE RIVERS
Most of the States in the United
States have conformed to the Fed
eral statutes regarding migratory
shore birds and water fowl. And
while this new Federal legislation
has not been officially passed upon
by the Supreme Court of the United
States. the Federal law is generally
observed.-Ed.
Definitions.
For the purposes of these regu-
lations the following shall be con-
sidered migratory game birds:
Anatidae or waterfowl, including
bront, wild duck, geese and swans.
Gruidae or cranes, including little
brown, sandhill and whooping cranes.
Rallidae or rails. including coots.
gallinules and sora and other rails.
Limicol>@ or shore birds. including
avocets, curlew. dowitchers, godwits,
knots, oysters catchers. phalaropes.
plover, sand pipers. snlpe. stills, surf
birds, turnstones, willet, woodcoclx
ana yellow legs.
Columbidae or pigeons. including
doves and wild pigeons.
For the purposes of these sregula-
tions the following shall be consid-
cred migratory insectivorous birds:
! BobolinFs. catbirds, chickadees, cue
koos, flickers, iiycatchers, grosbeaks,
humming birds, kinglets, martins.
meadowlarks, nighthawks or bull
bats. nufhatches. orioles. robins.
shrikes, swallows. swifts, tanagers,
! titmice, thrushes, Wreos. warblers,
waxwings. whippoorwills. woodpeck-
ers and wrens, aud all other perch
ing birds which feed entirely or chief
ly on insects.
A daily closed season on all migra-
tory game and insectivorous birds
shall ,tend from sunset to sunrise.
A closed season on migratory insec-
, tivorous birds shall continue through
each year. except that the closed sea-
son on reedbirds or ricebirds in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware.
Maryland the District of Columbia,
Virginia and South Carolina, shall
commence November 1 and end Au-
gust 81. next following, both dates
inclusive, provided that nothing in
this or any other Of these regulations
shall be construed to prevent the is
sue Of permits for collecting birds for
scientific purposes in accordance witt
the laws and regulations in force in
the respective States and Territories
and the District OF Columbia.
A closed season shall continue unit
d September /, 1918, on the following mi
gratory game birds: Band-tailed pig
cons little brown, sandhill and whoop
ing cranes, swans, curlew and all shor'
birds except the black breasted an'
golden plover Wilson or jack snipe
woodcock and the greater and lesser vel
lowlegs
A closed season shall also continue
until Sept mber /. 1918, on wood duck
in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island, Connect
cut. New York. New Jersey, Pennsyl
vania, West Virginia, Ohio. Indiana, Iii
nois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota
Iowa, Kansas, California. Oregon an,
Washington; ON rails in California an,
Vermont, and on woodcock in lllinoi
and Missouri.
On and after January I, 1915, close'
season shall continue between January
and December 3, both dates inclusive
OF each year, ON all migratory bird
passing over or at rest on any of tn
waters of tho main streams of the fol
lowing navigable rivers 10 wit: Tn
Mississippi River between Minneapolis
Minnesota and Memphis. Tennessee; tn
Missouri River between Bismarck. Mort
Dakota, and Nebraska City, Nebraska
and on the killing or capture of any O
such birds on or over the shores of am
said rivers, or at any point within th
limits aforesaid, from any boat, raft O
other device, floating or otherwise. in o
ON any Of such waters.
Zones
, The following zones for the proteC
,, tion Of migratory game and insectivor
: Gus birds arc hereby establishes;
; Zone No. l, the breeding zone, com
/, prisiug states lying wholly or in par
/, north of latitude 40 degrees and tn
, Ohio River, and including Maine, Ne,
: Hampshire Vermont. Massachusetts
, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Yorl
/, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio. Ind
, ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Min
f, nesota. Iowa, North Dakota. South Da
! kota, Nebraska, Colorado. Wvomin,
Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washing
y ton-25 states.
Zone No. ,. the wintering zone. CON
: prising states lying wholly or i'm pa,
! south of latitude 40 degrees and IN
: Ohio River and including Delawar
: Maryland, the District of Columbi,
= West Virginia, Virginia, North Car,
lima, South Carolina. Georgia, Florid,
) Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee. Kar
I, lucky, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisian
n Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas. New Mexic,
= Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah
9 twenty-three states and the District {
= Columbia.
For the purpose of regulations s an
., each period of time therein prescribe
as closed season shall be construed
e include the first day and to exclude n
I last day thereof
J. Closed Seasons in Zone No. /.
n Waterfowl-The closed season n
e waterfowl shall be between Decembe
16 and September / next folIowin,
= except as follows:
:, Exceptions-In Massachusetts, an
n Rhode Island the closed season sha
d be between January / and October
IT In Connecticut. New York. Pennsy
vania, Idaho, Oregon and Washingto