. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . during periods varying from two to nine months. (See fig. 2.) Open seasons for doves. State or Territory. Open season. State or Territory. Open season. Alabama * November 1 to March 1 to March 15 to February 15 to September 15 to March 1 to December 1 to February 1 to April 15 to December 1 to November 1. Mississippi September 15 to March 1 to January 1 to September 15 to April 4 to December 1 to
. Legislation for the protection of birds other than game birds . during periods varying from two to nine months. (See fig. 2.) Open seasons for doves. State or Territory. Open season. State or Territory. Open season. Alabama * November 1 to March 1 to March 15 to February 15 to September 15 to March 1 to December 1 to February 1 to April 15 to December 1 to November 1. Mississippi September 15 to March 1 to January 1 to September 15 to April 4 to December 1 to December 1 to March 1 to February LJuly 1 to December 1. California Colorado New Jersey North -Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina ... Tennessee2 Utah Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Minnesota 1 The evident intention was to make the open season August 1 to March 1 (see p. 56). 2 In Greene and Bradley counties; in Wilson County the open season extends from August 1 to April1, and in Montgomery and Cheatham counties from August 1 to March Fig. 2.—Diagram showing open seasons for doves: The shaded area indicates the months whendove shooting is permitted. Doves feed largely on seeds, and an examination of a considerablenumber of stomachs has shown that these include seeds of noxious FLICKERS. 17 weeds, such as pokeweed and several species of the genera Lithosper-mum, Oxalis, and Euphorbia. In certain parts of California the habitof feeding on the seeds of turkey mullein (Eremocarpus setigerus)is so well known that a botanist, on inquiring how he could collectsome seeds of this plant, was advised to shoot a few doves and opentheir crops. Under some circumstances enormous quantities of weedseed are devoured, as shown by the crop of a dove killed in a rye fieldat Warner, Tenn., which contained no less than 7,500 seeds of Oxalisstricta. As a weed destroyer, the dove more than compensates for thegrain which it occasionally consumes, and the value of .its serv
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