2. Section 6.3 is amended to read as follows:

§ 6.3 Means by which migratory gamebirds may be taken. (a) Migratory game birds on which open seasons are specified in § 6.4 may be taken during such seasons only with bow and arrow or with a shotgun not larger than No. 10 gage, fired from the shoulder, except as permitted by §§ 6.5, 6.8, and 6.9, but they shall not be taken with or by means of any automatic-loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than three shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a one-piece metal or wooden filler incapable of removal without disassembling the gun so as to reduce the capacity of the said gun to not more than three shells at one time in the magazine and chamber combined. Such birds may be taken during the open seasons from land or water, with aid of a dog, and from a blind, boat or other floating craft not under tow or sail, except a sinkbox (battery), motorboat (excluding a boat having a detached outboard motor), and sailboat: Provided, That nothing herein shall permit the taking of migratory game birds from or by means, aid, or use of any motor vehicle or an aircraft of any kind; the taking of waterfowl by means, aid, or use of cattle, horses, mules, or live duck or goose decoys; the concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up of waterfowl and coot by means or aid of any motor-driven land, water or air conveyance or sailboat: Provided further, That nothing herein shall exclude the picking up of injured or dead waterfowl, coot, rails, or gallinules by means of a motorboat, sailboat, or other craft.

(b) Waterfowl, mourning doves and white-winged doves, may not be taken, directly or indirectly, by baiting and they may not be taken over any baited place. As used in this section "baiting" shall mean the placing, exposing, depositing, distributing, or scattering of shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat, other grain, salt, or other feed so as to constitute for such birds a lure, attraction, or enticement to, on, or over the area where hunters are attempting to take them, and "baited place" shall mean any place where, at any time during the open seasons on such birds, shelled, shucked, or unshucked corn, wheat or other grain, salt, or any other

feed whatsoever that may attract such birds is directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed or scattered. Nothing in this section shall be construed to apply to propagating, scientific, or other operations in accordance with the terms of permits issued pursuant to § 6.8, or to the taking of birds over properly shocked corn and standing crops of corn, wheat, or other grain or feed, and grains found scattered solely as a result of normal agricultural harvesting.

(c) No person over 16 years of age may take migratory waterfowl unless at the time of such taking he has on his person an unexpired Federal migratory-bird hunting stamp, validated by his signature written across the face thereof in ink. Persons not over 16 years of age may take migratory waterfowl without such stamp.

3. Section 6.4 is amended to read as follows:

§ 6.4 Open seasons, bag limits, and possession of certain migratory game birds. (a) During the open seasons prescribed and except as hereinafter provided in this section ducks, geese, brant, and coot may be taken daily from onehalf hour before sunrise to one hour before sunset, and rails, gallinules, woodcock, mourning or turtle doves, whitewinged doves, and band-tailed pigeons from one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. The hour for the commencement of hunting of waterfowl and coot on the first day of the season, including each first day of the split seasons, shall be 12 o'clock noon.

(b) A person may take in any one day during the open seasons prescribed therefor not to exceed the numbers of migratory game birds herein permitted, which numbers shall include all birds taken by any other person who for hire accompanies or assists him in taking such birds. When so taken, such birds may be possessed in the number specified in this section, except that no person on the opening day of the season may possess any migratory game birds in excess of the applicable daily limits.

(c) Nothing in this section 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), or on any area of the United States set aside under any

No open season on wood duck in Massachusetts and West Virginia. In other States,
bag or possession limit may include 1 wood duck only. Daily bag for American and
red-breasted mergansers 25 singly or in the aggregate of both kinds; no possession limit
after the opening day of the season.

22 Canada geese or its subspecies, or 2 white-fronted geese, and in addition 3 blue
geese a day or in possession.

3 Not more than 15 in the aggregate of rails (other than sora) and gallinules.
No open season in District of Columbia, but migratory game birds may be possessed
therein in accordance with § 6.6 (c).

Shooting hours for mourning doves in States indicated-12 o'clock noon until sunset. Rails and gallinules: When permitted to be taken during the waterfowl season they may not be hunted after 1 hour before sunset.

10 Only Canada geese (including its subspecies) may be taken in Massachusetts. 11 New York: East and north of Oswego river from Lake Ontario to its junction with the Oneida river, Oneida river to Oneida Lake, north shore of Oneida Lake to Barge

Canal, Barge Canal to Rome, the main line of N. Y. Central R. R. from Rome to Albany, and main line of Boston and Albany R. R. from Albany to Massachusetts state line, Oct. 9 to Nov. 1, incl.; west and south of the above described boundary (except Long Island), Oct. 20 to Nov. 12, incl.; that part of New York known as Long Island, Oct. 23 to Nov. 15, incl., from 9 a. m. until 5 p. m. on the opening day, and thereafter from 7 a. m. until 5 p. m. in each of these zones.

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1 Bag or possession limit may include 1 wood duck only. Daily bag for American and red-breasted mergansers 25 singly or in the aggregate of both kinds; no possession limit after the opening day of the season.

2 Including in such limit not more than (a) 2 Canada geese or its subspecies, or (b) 2 white-fronted geese, or (c) 1 Canada goose and 1 white-fronted goose.

3 Not more than 15 in the aggregate of rails (other than sora) and gallinules.

4 Rails and gallinules: When permitted to be taken during the waterfowl season they may not be hunted after 1 hour before sunset.

Shooting hours for mourning doves in States indicated-12 o'clock noon until sunset. No open season for geese in that part of Alexander County, Ill., established as closed area by proclamation 2748 of Oct. 1, 1947 (12 F. R. 6521). 'Michigan: Woodcock, Upper Peninsula, Oct. 1 to Oct. 20; Lower Peninsula, Oct. 15 to Nov. 5. Wisconsin: On opening day the season for waterfowl, coot, rails and gallinules will start at 1 p. m.

1 No open season on wood ducks in Arizona, Nevada, and Utah. In other Pacific Flyway States and Alaska, bag or possession limit may include 1 wood duck only. Daily bag for American and red-breasted mergansers, 25 singly or in the aggregate of both kinds; no possession limit after opening day of the season.

2 In any combination not exceeding 2 of Canada geese or its subspecies, white-fronted
geese, or brant.

Not more than 15 in the aggregate of rails (other than sora) and gallinules.
White-winged dove in Arizona and in Imperial County, California, Sept. 1 to Sept.
15. The daily bag and possession limit for white-winged or mourning doves is not
more than 10 singly or in the aggregate of both kinds.

Waterfowl and coot in those portions of San Bernardino, Riverside, and Imperial
Counties, Calif., east of U. S. Highway 95 from the Nevada line south to Blythe and
east of the paved and graded road extending from Blythe to Ripley, Palo Verde and
Ogilby south to its intersection with U. S. Highway 80, thence east to Yuma, Nov. 12
to Jan. 5; in rest of California, Oct. 20 to Nov. 10 and Dec. 15 to Jan. 5.
California: Band-tailed pigeon Sept. 16 to Sept. 30 and Dec. 17 to Dec. 31.

Provided, however, That whenever the Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall find that emergency State action to prevent forest fires in any extensive area has resulted in the shortening of the season during which the hunting of any migratory game bird is permitted and that a compensatory extension or reopening of the hunting season for such birds will not result in a diminution of the abundance of birds to any greater extent than that contemplated for the

original hunting season, the hunting season for the birds so affected may, subject to all other provisions of this subchapter, be extended or reopened by the Director upon request of the chief officer of the agency of the State exercising administration over wildlife resources. The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service shall fix the length of the extended or reopened season, which in no event shall exceed the number of days during which hunting has been so

prohibited, and he shall publicly an-
nounce the extended or reopened season.
4. Section 6.6 paragraph (c) is
amended to read as follows:

(c) Possession. Within the maximum
possession limits prescribed by § 6.4 mi-
gratory game birds lawfully taken within
a State or transported or imported in
accordance with the provisions of para-
graphs (a) or (b) of this section, may
be possessed in any State, District of
Columbia, Alaska, or Puerto Rico during