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habited by the lighthouse-keeper and his assistants, has been 
cleared of birds, but the precipitous sides of the rock pro- 
vide nesting-places for many thousands of several species of 
sea-birds, the chief of which is the gannet. Doctor John 
M. Clarke, who has taken a very active part in the creation 
of these reservations, estimated* that, in 1910-1911, the 
total bird population was probably not less than 15,000, 
and that the gannets were not decreasing there. 
Bonaventure Island. This island lies about three miles 
southwest of the village of Percé, in the county of Gaspe, 
Quebec. It is roughly circular in outline, and about three 
miles in width. Steep cliffs surround the island, and on the 
southeastern face they rise to a height of 300 to 400 feet. 
These cliffs on the seaward side of the island, stretching for 
about a mile and a quarter, form the chief breeding-places 
of the gannets, murres, razor-billed auks, and puffins. The 
gannets are by far the most numerous, and the ledges for 
about half a mile appear to be covered with the snowy- 
white masses of these birds during the nesting season. Mr. 
P. A. Tavernert estimated in 1914 that there were about 
7,500 birds nesting on Bonaventure Island. 
Percé Rock. Well known to all visitors to the Gaspe 
Peninsula and the Chaleur Bay, this strikingly shaped 
rock, with almost perpendicular sides, rising to a height of 
nearly 400 feet, remarkably coloured, provides nesting-places 
for innumerable sea-birds, particularly crested cormorants 
and herring-gulls, which give the top the appearance of snow 
during the nesting season. 
RESERVE FOR GEESE IN NOVA SCOTIA 
In order to protect the large numbers of wild geese that 
collect and spend several months in each year in Port Joli 
* “Protection of Sea-Fowl of the Gulf of St. Lawrence,” by John M. Clarke. 
Sizth Annual Report of the Commission of Conservation, 1915, pp. 108-116. 
+ “Recommendations for the Creation of Three New National Parks in 
Canada,”’ by P. A. Taverner. Sixth Annual Report of the Commission of 
Conservation, 1915, Appendix III, pp. 303-310. 
