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 PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 27, 1944 16 years of age are permitted to take migratory waterfowl without such stamp. REGULATION 4.-OPEN SEASONS ON AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS Waterfowl (except wood duck in Massachusetts and North Dakota, snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin and Madison Counties in Mon- tana, in Idaho, and in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' goose, and swans), coots, rails and gallinules, woodcocks, mourning or turtle doves, white-winged doves, and band-tailed pigeons may be taken each day from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset, except as otherwise provided in this regulation, during the open seasons prescribed herein, and may be taken by the means and in the numbers permitted by regulations 3 and 5 hereof, and when so taken may be possessed in the numbers permitted by regulation 5 during the period constituting the open season where taken and for an additional period of 45 days next succeeding said open season, except as prohibited by State law. 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 grounds, 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 wood duck in Massachusetts and North Dakota, geese in Alexander County, Illinois, snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Montana, in Idaho, and in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' goose, and swans) and coot, in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico, shall be as follows, both dates inclusive: Iowa, 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, and Wisconsin, September 20 to December 8. Ohio, on the Pymatuning Reservoir in Ashtabula County and one quarter of a mile distant in any direction from said Reservoir, October 14 to January 1. California (except in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial Counties), Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, 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, West Virginia, and Wyoming, October 14 to January 1. California, in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial Counties, November 2 to January 20. New York, in Essex and Clinton Counties east of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad tracks and that part of Washington County east of the aforesaid tracks to and including the village of South Bay and all of the waters of South Bay and one mile distant from such water in any direction, September 20 to December 8. Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mary- land, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, November 2 to January 20. Puerto Rico, December 15 to February 12. Post, pp. 1149,1157. Ante, p. 1138; potd p. 1141. Reservations or sanctuaries. 16 U.S. C. I715. 40 Stat. 755. 16 U. S. C. §§703- 711 1139 58 STAT. ]

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