GOVERNMENT PROTECTION OF BIRDS 305 
Buffalo Lake, thirty-five miles northeast of Red Deer, 
Alberta. This is an attractive lake, with considerable nat- 
ural advantages for abundant bird life. The reserved land 
is all in one township, and includes only a small part of the 
shore-line of this large lake. The southern arm of the lake 
seems very favourable to wild fowl. 
Many Island Lake, thirty-two miles east of Medicine Hat, 
Alberta. This lake is said to be a good shooting-ground in 
the fall. The country near the lake is rather hilly, sandy, 
and stony. There are some beds of rushes at the east end 
of the lake. Fair numbers of ducks were seen on the lake, 
mostly blue-bills and other small ducks. The long, narrow 
peninsula, extending half-way across the lake and covered 
with small bushes, weeds, etc., might afford good nesting 
sites for ducks, but I did not find any traces of nests. 
Big Hay Lake, twenty-five miles southeast of Edmonton, 
Alberta. This is a good wild-fowl reserve. Many ducks 
were seen. The large areas of reeds and cattails along the 
lake should be a good breeding-ground for canvasbacks and 
redheads, and should also afford a good summer refuge for 
the numerous ducks which nest around the little ponds back 
from the lake, and which will ultimately be surrounded by 
cultivated land. 
Miquelon Lake, thirty-three miles southeast of Edmon- 
ton, Alberta (Plate XIX, 1). This is a very good bird 
refuge. Many ducks breed here; also cormorants, great 
blue herons, gulls, terns, etc. White pelicans formerly 
nested on an island, but were driven off. The lake has 
large numbers of islands of all types, from low gravel bars, 
frequented by terns and gulls, to wooded islands, where the 
herons nest. 
Oliver Lake, about thirty miles southeast of Edmonton, 
Alberta. Oliver Lake is said to be a good lake for wild 
fowl. The country around it is heavily timbered and not 
much settled, so that there are few if any good trails, 
