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2. The Lake District, including two in Michigan, 

 two in North Dakota, and one in Wisconsin. The 

 principal birds protected here are breeding colonies 

 of gulls, ducks, and white pelicans. 



3. The Mountain District, including twelve in 

 the Rocky Mountain States, South Dakota, and 

 Nebraska. These serve as a refuge for water-fowl 

 and shore-birds during the spring and fall migra- 

 tions, 



4. The Pacific District, including eight in Wash- 

 ington, four in Oregon, and three in California. The 

 reservations on the coast contain great rookeries of 

 sea-birds. The inland reservations contain breeding 

 colonies of gulls, Caspian terns, grebes, white peli- 

 cans, ducks, and geese. 



5. The Alaskan District, including eight reser- 

 vations. In these reservations are nesting-grounds 

 of sea-birds, ducks, and geese. 



6. The Hawaiian District, including one reser- 

 vation. Large numbers of sea-birds are found here. 



Besides these reservations which have been 

 created especially for protecting birds, there are a 

 number of other reservations which were set aside 

 for other purposes, in which birds receive special 

 protection. These include (1) ten National Parks; 

 (2) five Military Parks; (3) nine national game pre- 

 serves and other refuges for wild life; (4) ten reser- 

 vations for aquatic species; and (5) seven national 

 reservations made into game preserves in whole or in 



