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 65 STAT.] PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 16, 1941 Regulation 4, "Open Seasons on and Possession of Certain Migra- 54 Sta 1 .2618. tory Game Birds", is amended to read as follows: note. REGULATION 4.-OPEN SEASONS ON AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS Waterfowl (except snow geese in Idaho and snow geese and brants in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' geese, and swans), and coots, may be taken each day from sunrise to 4 p. m., and rails and gallinules (other than coots), woodcocks, mourning or turtle doves, white-winged doves, and band-tailed pigeons from sunrise to sunset each day 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 20 days next succeeding said open season, but no such bird shall be possessed in any State, Alaska, Puerto Rico or in 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 but not includ- ing wood ducks (except snow geese in Idaho and snow geese and brant in States 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 inclusive: In Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, October 1 to November 29. In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ne- braska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, including Long Island, Okla- homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Wash- ington, and West Virginia, October 16 to December 14. In Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mary- land, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, November 2 to December 31. In Puerto Rico, December 15 to February 12. In Fur Districts 1 and 3 in Alaska, as defined in the regulations governing the taking of game in Alaska adopted June 8, 1940 (5 F. R. 2288), October 1 to November 29; and in the remainder of Alaska, September 1 to October 30: Provided, That scoters, locally known as sea coots, may be taken in open coastal waters only, beyond outer harbor lines, in Maine and New Hampshire from September 15 to September 30, and in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York in- cluding Long Island, and Rhode Island, from September 15 to Octo- ber 15, and thereafter from land or water during the open seasons for other waterfowl in these States. Ante, p. 1662; port, p. 1665. 16U.S.C.§§71- nas. 40 Stat. 755. 16 U. S. C. I§703- 711. Proviso. Scoters. 1663

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