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 Congress Avenue to the center of the main track of the Houston & Texas Central Railroad where said track joins said Congress Avenue, at or near the Houston & Texas Central Railroad depot; thence following the center line of the track of said Houston & Texas Central Railroad in an easterly direction through the towns of Elgin, Giddings, and Brenham, to the point where said railroad crosses the Brazos River; thence with the center of said Brazos River in a general northerly direction, to the point on said river where the Beaumont branch of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway crosses the same; thence with the center of the track of the said Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway in an easterly direction through the towns of Navasota, Montgomery, and Conroe, to the point at or near Cleveland where said Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway crosses the Houston East & West Texas Railway; thence with the center of said Houston East & West Texas Railway track to the point in said line where it strikes the Louisiana line, the open season shall be from November 1 to December 31;

In that portion of Texas lying south and east of the line above described, and in Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, and Maryland, the open season shall be from November 16 to January 15; In Florida the open season shall be from November 20 to January 15; and

In Alaska the open season shall be from September 1 to October 31. Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe.-The open seasons for Wilson's snipe 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 more particularly described in the paragraph establishing the open seasons on waterfowl and coot, the open season shall be from October 16 to January 15;

In that portion of Texas lying south and east of the aforesaid line, and in Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana, the open season shall be from November 1 to January 15; In Florida the open season shall be from November 20 to January 15: and

15.

In Alaska the open season shall be from September 1 to December

Rails and gallinules (except coot).-The open season for sora and other rails and gallinules (except coot) shall be from September 1 to November 30, except as follows:

In Massachusetts the open season shall be from October 1 to December 15;

In New York and Washington the open season shall be from October 1 to November 30;

In Louisiana the open season shall be from November 1 to January 31; and

In the District of Columbia no open season.

Woodcock.-The open seasons for woodcock shall be as follows: In that portion of New York lying north of the tracks of the main line of the New York Central Railroad extending from Buffalo to Albany and north of the tracks of the main line of the Boston & Albany Railroad extending from Albany to the Massachusetts State line, and in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and North Dakota, the open season shall be from October 1 to October 31;

In that portion of New York lying south of the line above described including Long Island, and in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Iowa, the open season shall be from October 15 to November 14:

In Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut the open season shall be from October 20 to November 19;

In Maryland and Missouri the open season shall be from November 10 to December 10;

In Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, the open season shall be from November 15 to December 15; and

In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, the open season shall be from December 1 to December 31.

Woodcock.

Doves. The open seasons for mourning doves shall be as follows: Doves.
In Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Illinois,
Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Utah, Arizona, California, Nevada, Idaho, and Oregon, the
open season shall be from September 1 to December 15;

In that portion of Texas lying west and north of a line more particularly described in the paragraph establishing the open seasons on waterfowl and coot, the open season shall be from September 1 to October 31;

In that portion of Texas lying south and east of the aforesaid line, the open season shall be from October 1 to November 30;

In North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama (except in Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington Counties), Mississippi, and Louisiana, the open season shall be from September 1 to September 30 and from November 20 to January 31;

In that portion of Alabama comprising Mobile, Baldwin, and Washington Counties, the open season shall be from November 1 to January 31;

In Florida (except in Dade, Monroe, and Broward Counties) the open season shall be from November 20 to January 31; and

In that portion of Florida comprising Dade, Monroe, and Broward Counties, the open season shall be from September 16 to November

15.

Band-tailed pigeons.-The open seasons for band-tailed pigeons shall be as follows:

In California and Arizona the open season shall be from December 1 to December 15;

In New Mexico the open season shall be from November 1 to November 15; and

In Washington and Oregon the open season shall be from October 16 to October 30.

Band-tailed pigeons.

limits.

Regulation 5, "Daily Bag and Possession Limits on Certain Migra- Bag and possession tory Game Birds," is amended so as to read as follows:

REGULATION 5.-DAILY BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS ON CERTAIN
MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS

A person may take in any one day during the open seasons prescribed therefor in regulation 4 not to exceed the following numbers of migratory game birds, which numbers shall include all birds taken by any other person who for hire accompanies or assists him in taking migratory birds; and in the case of ducks, geese, brant, and bandtailed pigeons, when so taken these may be possessed in the numbers specified as follows:

Ducks (except wood duck ruddy duck, and bufflehead duck).-Fifteen in the aggregate of all kinds, but not more than 5 eider ducks and not more than 10 of any one, or of the aggregate of two or more, of the following species-canvasback, redhead, greater scaup, lesser scaup, ringneck, blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, cinnamon teal, shoveler, and gadwall-shall be taken in any one day; and any person at any one time may possess not more than 30 ducks in the aggregate of all kinds; but not more than 10 eider ducks and not more than 20 of any one, or of the aggregate of two or more, of the following speciescanvasback, redhead, greater scaup, lesser scaup, ringneck, blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, cinnamon teal, shoveler, and gadwall-shall be possessed at any one time.

Geese (except snow geese in Florida and all States north thereof bordering on the Atlantic Ocean, Ross's goose, and cackling goose) and brant.Four in the aggregate of all kinds, and any person at any one time may possess not more than eight geese and brant in the aggregate of all kinds.

Rails and gallinules (except sora and coot).-Twenty-five in the aggregate of all kinds, but not more than 15 of any one species. Sora.-Twenty-five.

Coot.-Twenty-five.

Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe.-Twenty.
Woodcock.-Four.

Doves (mourning).-Eighteen.

Band-tailed pigeons.-Ten, and any person at any one time may possess not exceeding ten (10) band-tailed pigeons.

The possession limits hereinbefore prescribed shall apply as well to ducks, geese, brant, and band-tailed pigeons taken in Canada and brought into the United States as to those taken in the United States. Regulation 6, "Shipment, Transportation, and Possession of Certain Migratory Game Birds," is amended so as to read as follows:

REGULATION 6.-SHIPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AND POSSESSION OF
CERTAIN MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS

Waterfowl (except snow geese in Florida and all States north thereof bordering on the Atlantic Ocean, Ross's goose, cackling goose, wood duck, ruddy duck, bufflehead duck, and swans), rails, coot, gallinules, woodcock, Wilson's snipe or jacksnipe, mourning doves, and bandtailed pigeons and parts thereof legally taken may be transported in any manner in or out of the State where taken during the respective open seasons in that State and when legally taken in and exported from Canada may be imported into the United States during the open season in the Province where taken, but not more than the number thereof that may be taken in two days, or one day in the case of bandtailed pigeons, by one person under these regulations shall be transported by one person in one calendar week out of the State where taken or from Canada into the United States; any such birds or parts

thereof in transit during the open season may continue in transit such additional time immediately succeeding such open season, not to exceed five days, necessary to deliver the same to their destination, and may be possessed in any State, Territory, or District during the period constituting the open season where killed, and for an additional period of 10 days next succeeding said open season; and any package in which such birds or parts thereof are transported shall have the name and address of the shipper and of the consignee and an accurate statement of the numbers and kinds of birds or parts thereof contained therein clearly and conspicuouly marked on the outside thereof; but no such birds or parts thereof shall be transported from any State, Territory, or District to or through another State, Territory, or District or to or through a Province of the Dominion of Canada contrary to the laws of the State, Territory, or District in which they were taken or from which they are transported; nor shall any such birds or parts thereof be transported into any State, Territory, or District from another State, Territory, or District, or Province of the Dominion of Canada, or from any State, Territory, or District into any Province of the Dominion of Canada, at a time when any such State, Territory, or District, or Province of the Dominion of Canada into which they are transported prohibits the possession or transportation thereof.

Regulation 9, "Permits to Collect Migratory Birds for Scientific Purposes," is amended so as to read as follows:

REGULATION 9.-PERMITS TO COLLECT MIGRATORY BIRDS FOR

SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

Permits for collecting specimens.

Ante, p. 2445.

A person may take at any time and in any manner migratory Scientific collections. birds and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes when authorized by a permit issued by the Secretary, which permit shall be carried on his person when he is collecting specimens thereunder and shall be exhibited to any person requesting to see the same; except that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit the taking of any migratory game bird on any day from sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or the taking of migratory game birds with a gun larger than 10 gauge or from an automobile, airplane, power boat, sailboat, or any boat under sail.

Application for a permit must be addressed to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., and must contain the following information: Name and address of the applicant, his age, and name of State, Territory, or District in which specimens are proposed to be taken, and the purpose for which they are intended. Each application shall be accompanied by two certificates certifying to the fitness of such person to hold a Federal permit. These certificates will be accepted from well-known ornithologists, principals or superintendents of educational or zoological institutions, officials or members of zoological or natural-history organizations, or instructors in zoology in high schools, colleges, or universities, or by any one of the above together with a certificate by the chief game official of the State in which the applicant is a resident or of the State in which he desires to conduct his operations.

The permit may limit the number and species of birds, birds' nests, or eggs that may be collected thereunder and the places where they may be collected and may authorize the holder thereof to possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds, parts thereof, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; or it may limit the holder to one or more of these privileges. Public museums, zoological parks and societies, and

Restrictions.

Application to Secretary of Agriculture.

Effect of permits.

Taxidermists.

Contingent duration.
Not transferable.

public, scientific, and educational institutions may possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes without a permit, but no specimens shall be taken without a permit. The plumage and skins of migratory game birds legally taken may be possessed and transported by a person without a permit.

A taxidermist, when authorized by a permit issued by the Secretary, may possess, buy, sell, exchange, and transport in any manner and at any time migratory birds and parts thereof legally taken, or he may be limited to one or more of these privileges. A taxidermist granted a permit under this regulation shall keep books and records, correctly setting forth the name and address of each person delivering each specimen of a migratory bird to him, together with the name of each species, the date of delivery, the disposition of such specimen, and the date thereof, which said books and records shall be available for inspection at all reasonable hours on request by any duly authorized representative of the Department of Agriculture.

Each permit shall be valid until revoked by the Secretary unless otherwise specified therein, shall not be transferable, and shall be revocable at the discretion of the Secretary. A permit duly revoked by the Secretary shall be surrendered to him by the person to whom it was issued, on demand of any employee of the United States Department of Agriculture duly authorized to enforce the provisions of the Annual report re- Migratory Bird Treaty Act. A person holding a permit under this regulation shall report annually to the Secretary on or before the 10th day of January during the life of the permit the number of skins, nests, or eggs of each species collected, bought, sold, received, possessed, mounted, exchanged, or transported during the preceding calendar year.

quired.

Outside marking of package.

Approval of amend

ments.

Every package in which migratory birds or their nests or eggs are transported shall have clearly and conspicuously marked on the outside thereof the name and address of the sender, the number of the permit in every case when a permit is required, the name and address of the consignee, a statement that it contains specimens of birds, their nests, or eggs for scientific purposes, and, whenever such a package is transported or offered for transportation from the Dominion of Canada into the United States or from the United States into the Dominion of Canada, an accurate statement of the contents.

Now, THEREFORE, I, HERBERT HOOVER, President of the United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendatory regulations.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

DONE at the City of Washington this 20 day of July, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, and of the [SEAL] Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fifty-seventh.

By the President:

HENRY L STIMSON

Secretary of State.

HERBERT HOOVER

[No. 2004]