K<n VL TERNS FLOURISH UNDER PROTECTION 



Breton Island, off the coast of Louisiana, has been set aside as a refuge 

 for wild fowl, and is patrolled by the National Association of 

 Audubon vSocieties, who take care that nothing shall interfere with 

 the natural breeding of the birds. This photogra])h shows royal 

 terns during the breeding season. Many such reservations have 

 been established in all parts of the United States during recent 

 years. From Jol), " Propagation of Wild Birds." (Fig. 13.) 



quiet, sheltered place and with some 

 marshy ground, perhaps a simple, 

 open-front poultry shed, and a cheap 

 wire fence. The food also is simple and 

 easy to provide. It is easy to maintain 

 the birds in health, when ])roiJerly 

 handled, for they are hardy, and seldom 

 have epidemics comixirable to those of 

 the gallinaceous birds, though similar 

 disasters may occur if the w^ater is 

 allowed to become foul and stagnant 

 and reasonable sanitation is not 

 observed. The young also arc com- 

 paratively easy to rear." 



"Anyone who has even the facilities 

 of a city back yard, with a cement 

 basin and a little shrubbery, could have 

 a few pairs of ])inionefl wild ducks 

 which would breed in hajjjjy content- 

 ment. F. N. Manross, of Forestville, 

 Conn., has a little artificial basin under 

 the windows of his factory, surrounded 

 by some thick, low shrubbery and a 

 wire fence. There a ])air of beautiful 

 wT)od ducks, regardless of noise or 

 human presence, each year raise a brood 

 of young, and furnish their owner 

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delightful distraction from business 

 cares. A steam pipe keeps the water 

 partly open in winter, and there they 

 live the year round, with no shelter 

 other than shrubbery and a small box. 

 In another part of the yard he has a 

 couple of pairs of Canada geese, origin- 

 alh' wild, which live there in perfect 

 contentment." 



WILD GEESK EASILY TAMED 



" It is a surprise to many who consider 

 wild geese the type of inherent wildness 

 that in reality they are tamed more 

 readily than almost any other wild 

 bird, even than ducks, submitting even 

 in shorter time and becoming more 

 absolutely familiar. This is notably 

 true of the common wild goose or 

 Canada goosc\ Wing-tipped geese which 

 are ca])tured will in a short time 

 become so tame that they will hardly 

 get out of the way. 



"It is a curious anomaly, however, 

 that while the Canada goose, as a 

 s])ecics, breeds readily in captivity, 

 all the other species of native wild gcess 



