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esque islands, two of which should be permanently reserved by the 

 Government, for they shelter thousands of 1)irds durini;- the nesting 



Fig. 36. — The Needles, Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Paine. 



Fig. ^7. — Tufa domes. Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Paine. 



season. Humboldt, Quinn, Walker, and Carson Rivers, and also 

 Honey, Walker, and Carson Lakes are parts of this system. 



