. . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 25, 1909
44. Bering Sea, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
45. Tuxedni, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
46. St. Lazaria, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
47. Yukon Delta, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
48. Culebra, P. R. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
49. Farallon, Calif. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
50. Pribilof, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 27, 1909
51. Bogoslof, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 2, 1909
52. Clear Lake, Calif. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 11, 1911
53. Forrester Island, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 11, 1913
54. Hazy Islands, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 11, 1913
55. Niobrara, Nebr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 11, 1913
56. Green Bay, Wis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Feb. 21, 1913
57. Chamisso Island, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 7, 1912
58. Pishkun, Montana. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 17, 1912
59. Desecheo Island, P. R. . . . . . . . . . . . Dec. 19, 1912
60. Gravel Island, Wis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 9, 1913
61. Aleutian Islands, Alaska . . . . . . . . . . Mar. 3, 1913
62. Walker Lake, Ark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apr. 31, 1913

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63. Petit Bois Island, Ala. and Miss. . . . . . . May 6, 1913
64. Anaho Island, Nevada. . . . . . . . . . . . Sept. 4, 1913
65. Smith Island, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 6, 1914
66. Ediz Hook, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 20, 1915
67. Dungeness Spit, Wash. . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan. 20, 1915
68. Big Lake, Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 2, 1915
69. Goat Island, California . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 9, 1916
70. North Platte, Nebraska . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 21, 1916

_Audubon Society Reservations._--It may be noted from this list that
there are no Government bird reservations in the original thirteen
colonies. The reason is that there are no Government waste lands
containing bird colonies in these states. To protect the
colony-breeding birds found there other means were necessary. The
Audubon Society employs annually about sixty agents to guard in summer
the more important groups of water birds along the Atlantic Coast and
about some of the lakes of the interior. Water-bird colonies are
usually situated on islands where the birds are comparatively free f