PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 9 , 1940 " Regional Direc- Regional Director. -RegionalDirector, Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Department of the Interior. "Person." Person. - Individual,club, association, partnership, or corporation, any one or all, as the context requires. "Take." Take. -- Hunt, kill, or capture, or attempt to hunt, kill, or capture. "Openseason." Open season. -T ime during which migratory game birds may be taken. "Transport. " Transport. -Ship, carry, export, import, and receive or deliver for shipment, conveyance, carriage, exportation, or importation. Regulation 4, "Open Seasons on and Possession of Certain Migra- tory Game Birds", is amended to read as follows: Ante, pp. 2618, 2662; REGULATION 4.-OPEN SEASONS ON AND POSSESSION OF CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS Open seasons onand Waterfowl (except snow geese and brants in States bordering on the possession of certain migratory game birds. Atlantic Ocean; Ross' geese, wood ducks, and swans), and coots, may be taken each day from sunrise to 4 p. m., and rails and gallinules (other than coots), Wilson's snipes or jacksnipes, 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 num- bers 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 or Territory 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 a State or Territory or in the District of Columbia at a time when such State, Territory, or Rsaetrations 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 1;6 . S. c. § 7- February 18, 1929 (45 Stat. 1222), nor on any area of the United States n 7s. set aside under any other law, proclamation, 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 Migra- tory Bird Treaty Act. Waterfowl.Wilson's Waterfowl, Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe, and coot.- The open an coot. seasons on waterfowl (except snow geese and brant in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' goose, wood duck, and swans), Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe, and coot, in the several States and Alaska, shall be as follows, both dates inclusive: In Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, October 1 to November 29. In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, including Long Island, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and West Virginia, October 16 to December 14. In Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, November 2 to Dembmber 31. 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. 2730 [54 STAT.
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