temperature and to the distribution, abundance, economic value, breeding habits, and times and lines of migratory flight of migratory birds included in the terms of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain for the protection of migratory birds, con- cluded August 16, 1916, and the Convention between the United 39Stat. 1702 . States and the United Mexican States for the protection of migratory birds and game mammals, concluded February 7, 1936, have deter- 50stat. 1311. mined when, to what extent, and by what means it is compatible with the terms of said conventions and act to allow the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such birds and parts thereof and their nests and eggs, and in accordance with such determination, do hereby amend, as specified, the regulations approved by Proclama- tion No. 2616 of July 27, 1944, and as so amended do hereby adopt Ante,. 1136. such regulations as suitable regulations, permitting and governing the hunting, taking, capture, killing, possession, sale, purchase, shipment, transportation, carriage, exportation, and importation of such migra- tory birds and parts, nests, and eggs thereof: The second and third sentences of the subdivision entitled "Wood- cock" of Regulation 4 are amended to read as follows: Ante, p.110 . New York, north and east of the tracks of the branch line of the New York Central Railroad from Oswego to Syracuse, the main line of the New York Central Railroad from Syracuse to Albany, and the main line of the Boston and Albany Railroad from Albany to the Massachusetts State line and in Wisconsin, October 1 to October 15. New York, west and south of the line above described, and in Indiana, and West Virginia, October 16 to October 30. The subdivisions entitled "American and redbreasted mergansers" and "Geese and brant (except snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Montana, in Idaho, and in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; and Ross' goose)" of Regulation 5 are amended Ante, p.1141 . to read as follows: American and redbreasted mergansers. -Twenty-five singly or in the aggregate. No possession limit. Geese and brant (except snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Montana, in Idaho, and in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; and Ross' goose anywhere) as follows: In the Pacific Coast States. -Four snow and whitefronted geese (singly or in the aggregate) plus two of some other kind or kinds, including brant, may be taken. Eight snow and whitefronted geese (singly or in the aggregate) plus four of some other kind or kinds, including brant, may be possessed. Elsewhere than in the Pacific Coast States.- Four blue and snow geese (singly or in the aggregate) plus two of some other kind or kinds, including brant, may be taken. Eight blue and snow geese (singly or in the aggregate) plus four of some other kind or kinds, including brant, may be possessed. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of the Interior to be affixed, this 22' d day of August, 1944. ABE FORTAS [SEAL] Acting Secretary of the Interior. AND WHEREAS upon consideration it appears that approval of the foregoing amendments will effectuate the purposes of the t aforesaid Migratory Bird Treaty Act: 16U.S. c.i 703o- NOW, THEREFORE, I, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, Presi- 71L dent of the United States of America, do hereby approve and proclaim the foregoing amendments. 1149 PROCLAMATIONS-AUG. 25 ,1944 58 STAT. ]
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