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 PROCLAMATIONS, 1931. 2477 commencement of hunting on the opening day of the season shall be 12 o'clock noon by the means and in the numbers permitted by Opening day of -- , IOn. regulations 3 and 5 hereof, respectively, and when so taken may be possessed any day in any State, Territo~, or District during the period constituting the open season where killed and for an additional period of 10 days next bUCceeding said open season, but no such bird shall be possessed in a State, Territory, or District at a time when such State, Territory, or District prohibits the possession thereof. Nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the hunting or ~ of migratory. birds on al!Y refuge established under the Migratory Bird forJ~ on refugea Conservation Act of February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222), or on any Vol.45,p.1222. area of the United States set aside by any other law, proclamation, or Executive ordM" for use as a wild-life refuge except in so far as may be permitted by the Secretary of Agriculture under existing law, nor on any area adjacent to any sucn refuge when such area is designated as a closed area. under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. Waterfowl (except snow geese in Florida and all States north, thereof tio~eographlcal limit&- bordering on the Atlantic Oct,an, Ross's Jloose, cackling goose, wood s. duck, eider ducks, and 8wans) and coot.- The open seasons for water- fowl (except snow geese in Florida and all States north thereof border- ing on the Atlantic Ocean, Ross's goose, cackling goose wood duck, eider ducks, and swans) and coot shall be as follows: In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (except Long Islan~fJ!ennsYlvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, . ois, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Colo- rado, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Oregon, and Wash- ington the open season shall be from October 1 to October 31; In that portion of N ew York known as Long Island, and in New Jersey, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Virgi.!lia, North Carolina, SOllth Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Ken- tucky, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and California the open season shall be from November 16 to December 15; In Florida the open season shall be from November 20 to December 19; and In Alaska the open season shall be from September 1 to Septem- ber 30. Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe. -The open seasons for Wilson's snipe, Wilson's snipe, etc. or jacksnipe, shall be as follows: In Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York (except Long_Island), Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California, Oregon, and Washington the open season shall be from October 1 to December 31; In that portion of New York known as Long Island, and in New Jersey, Delaware, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and in that portion of Texas lying west and north of a line beginning on the Rio Grande River directly west of the town of Del Rio, Tex.; thence east to the town of Del Rio; thence easterly following the center of the main track of the Southern Pacific R8ilroad through the towns of Spofford, Uvalde, and Hondo; thence to the point where the Southern Pacific Railroad crosses the International & Great Northern Railway at or near San Antonio; thence following the center of the track of SaId International & Great Northern Railway in an easterly direction, to the point in the city of Austin where it joins Congress Avenue, near the International & Great Northern Railway depot; thence across said