PROCLAMATIONS-JULY 31, 1947 on any area adjacent to any such refuge when such area is designated 40 Stat. 5 75 as a closed area under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. 711. Waterfowl and Coot. -The open seasons on waterfowl and coot (ex- cept wood ducks in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Massachusetts, Ne- braska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Utah, West Virginia and Wyoming; snow geese in Beaverhead, Gallatin, and Madison Counties in Montana, in Colorado, Idaho and Wyoming, and snow geese and brant in States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean; Ross' geese; and swans) in the several States, Alaska, and Puerto Rico shall be as follows, both dates inclusive: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, December 8 to January 6. Post, p.1088. Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, October 7 to October 20 and December 23 to January 5. California and Oregon, October 21 to November 3 and December 23 to January 5. Colorado, Idaho, and Wyoming, October 7 to October 20 and December 2 to December 15. Connecticut, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, November 18 to December 17. Delaware and New York, including Long Island, October 21 to November 1 and December 2 to December 13. Illinois, Missouri, and West Virginia, November 4 to December 3. Pod, Pl. N. Iowa, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Wisconsin, October 21 to November 19. Kansas, November 4 to December 8. Maine and New Hampshire, October 7 to October 18 and December 2 to December 13. Maryland, November 4 to November 15 and December 23 to Jan- uary 3. Michigan and Minnesota, October 7 to November 5. Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, and Utah, October 21 to November 24. North Dakota and South Dakota, October 7 to November 10. Rhode Island, December 2 to December 31. Texas, November 4 to November 17 and December 16 to Decem- ber 29. Washington, October 21 to November 3 and December 16 to De- cember 29. Puerto Rico, December 15 to February 12. Alaska, in Fur Districts 1 and 3 as defined in the regulations gov- erning the taking of game in Alaska, adopted May 15, 1944 (9 F. R . 5270), October 1 to November 4; in the remainder of Alaska, Septem- ber 1 to October 5. Bowters. Provided, That scoters, locally known as sea coots, may be taken in all areas during the applicable seasons for other ducks in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New York, and otherwise may be taken in open coastal waters only, beyond outer harbor lines, in Maine from October 6 to December 16, in New York from September 16 to December 13, in New Hampshire from September 1 to October 6, in Connecticut and Massachusetts from September 16 to November 17 and in Rhode Island from Sep- tember 16 to December 1. Coot, in Lake and McHenry Counties, Illinois, October 1 to October 12 from 7 a. m. to 4 p. m. and thereafter during the seasons and hours provided for ducks. 1078 [61 STAT.
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