The New Bird Reservations in the Gulf of Mexico 



The National Association of Audubon Societies, in continuing the plan origi- 

 nated by the Thayer Fund of making a thorough bird survey of the coasts of the 

 United States, sent its lecturer and organizer, Mr. Henry H. Kopman, who is a 

 well-equipped ornithologist, early in May last to explore the coast of Louisiana 

 from the Texas line to the mouth of the Mississippi. The trip was made in a small 

 schooner, 15 tons, the "Sea Bird," under command of Captain Couvillier with 

 mate Colson. The results obtained by Mr. Kopman were complete and satis- 

 factory and furnished the desired information on which to base a request for two 

 new reservations which were made by official orders of President Roosevelt in 

 August, as reproduced below. 



The report of Mr Kopman contains so much valuable ornithological material 

 that it is given in full for the benefit of the bird students of the country, and also 

 because it cannot fail to interest the members of the Association who, besides 

 being deeply concerned in the preservation of the birds, furnish the funds with 

 which to cairy on the work. — W. D. 



jexecuttve ®rt)er 



It is hereby ordered that all small islets, commonly called mud lumps, in or 

 near the mouths of the Mississippi river, Louisiana, located within the area 

 segregated and shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this 

 order, are hereby reserved and set aside for the use of the Department of Agri- 

 culture, as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. This reservation to be 

 known as Tern Islands Reservation. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 

 The White House, 



August 8, igoj 



lExccutive ©rber 



It is hereby ordered that the Executive Order of July 9, 1855, creating the 

 Light House Reservation, which embraces a small group of unsurveyed islets loca- 

 located in the Gulf of Mexico about three and one-half miles south of Marsh 

 Island, Louisiana, and approximately in latitude 29° 26' north, longitude 91° 51' 

 west from Greenwich, as appears upon United States Coast Survey Chart No. 200, 

 be, and the same is hereby vacated and set aside; and it is also ordered that these 

 islets, located within the area segregated and shown upon the diagram hereto 

 attached and made a part of this Order, be, and they are hereby reserved and set 

 apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a reserve and breeding 

 ground for native birds. This reservation to be known as Shell Keys Reservation. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT 



The White House, 



August //, jgoj 



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