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Bird- Lore 



Reservation News 



Mr. George N. Chamberlin writes 

 concerning the Mosquito Inlet Reserva- 

 tion, the establishment of which was 

 announced in BiRD-LOBE for ISIarch- 

 April, 1908 (p. 95), as follows: 



Mosquito Inlet Reservation. — 

 "Before leaving Florida I called on Mr. 

 D. D. Rogers, C. E., to ascertain the loca- 

 tion of Township line 16, being the north 

 line of the reservation, and was gratified 

 to know that it is about 1,600 feet north 

 of Port Orange Bridge, si.x miles north of 

 the Lisfhthouse, taking in a small island 



close to the northern limit known as Peli- 

 can Island, Halifax River, the nesting 

 place for hundreds of Blue Herons. The 

 approximate length of the reservation 

 from north to south is nearly thirteen 

 miles. The south line crossing the Hills- 

 boro River about two miles south of 

 Hawke's Park, Florida." 



P.^ss.age Key, Florid.a. — Miss Eleanor 

 P. Earle, one of our life members, writes 

 as follows: 



"When we were at Passage Key last 

 Friday, there were four eggs in nearly all 

 of the Skimmer's nests, and if not dis- 



