Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 56 Part 2.djvu/879

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PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 14, 1942 54 Stat. 2615; 55 Stat. 1692. 16U.S.C.j704 note; Supp. I,. 704 note. the regulations approved by Proclamation No. 2345 of August 11, 1939, as last amended by Proclamation No. 2518 of October 16, 1941, and as so amended do hereby adopt such regulations as suitable regu- lations permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, expor- tation, and importation of such migratory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: 5 Stat. 1663. I Regulation 4, "Open Seasons on and Possession of Certain Migratory 1 704 note. Game Birds", is amended to read as follows: 65 Stat. 1662; post, p. 1968. 16 U.S . C., Supp. I, i 704 note. 16 U.S. C. j715. 40 Stat. 755. 16U.H.C.(J703- 711; Supp. 1, § 7)4 note. REGULATION 4. -OPEN SEASONS ON AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS Waterfowl (except snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Montana, in Idaho, and in States bordering on the At- lantic Ocean; Ross' geese, and swans), coots, rails and gallinules, woodcocks, mourning or turtle doves, white-winged doves, and band- tailed pigeons may be taken each day from sunrise to sunset, except in Alexander County, Illinois, geese may be taken only from sunrise to 12:00 o'clock noon, during the open seasons prescribed therefor in this regulation, and they may be taken by the means and in the numbers permitted by regulations 3 and 5 of these regulations, respectively, and when so taken may be possessed in the numbers permitted by regulation 5 any day in any State, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or in the District of Columbia during the period constituting the open season where taken and for an additional period of 30 days next succeeding said open season, but no such bird shall be possessed in any State, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or the District of Columbia at a time when such State, Alaska, Puerto Rico, or District prohibits the possession thereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of migratory birds on any reservation or sanctuary established under the Migratory Bird Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222), nor on any area of the United States set aside under any other law, proclama- tion, or Executive order for use as a bird, game, or other wildlife reservation, breeding ground, or refuge except insofar as may be permitted by the Secretary of the Interior under existing law, nor on any area adjacent to any such refuge when such area is designated as a closed area under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Waterfowl and coot.--The open seasons on waterfowl (except geese in Alexander County, Illinois, snow geese in Beaverliead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Monttana, in id1ho, and iniStt(es bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' geese, and swans), and coot, in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, shall be as follows, both dates inclu- sive: In Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio (except Pymatuning Reservoir and one quarter of a mile distant in any direction from said Reservoir), South Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, September 26 to December 4. On the Pymatuning Reservoir in Ashtabula County, Ohio, and one quarter of a mile distant in any direction from said Reservoir, October 15 to December 23. In California (except on the Colorado River and within ten miles of its western bank), Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York (except certain hereinafter designated portions of Essex, Clinton, and Washington Counties) including Long Island, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Washington, and West Virginia, October 15 to December 23. 1966 [56 STAT.