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of bees, and it would be a rash person indeed who ventured a guess as to 

 their numbers. 



THE CAPE MEARES MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE, about i mile north of Three 

 Arch Rocks, was established in August 1938 to protect migratory birds, 

 Band-tailed Pigeons, grouse, shore birds, black-tailed deer, and brown 

 bears. It contains 139 acres. 



KLAMATH LAKE BIRD REFUGE 



KLAMATH LAKE BIRD REFUGE is an area of 81,619 acres on Lower Klamath 

 Lake in Klamath County, Oregon, and Siskiyou County, California. It 

 was frequented by American Coots and by a variety of gulls, ducks, geese, 

 grebes, cormorants, pelicans, and shore birds. Because of an ill-advised 

 drainage scheme it is now largely a dry alkaline lake bed. 



COLD SPRINGS AND McKAY CREEK BIRD REFUGES 



COLD SPRINGS AND McKAY CREEK BIRD REFUGES, situated in Umatilla 

 County, embrace 2., 677 and 1,813 acres espectively. They are fine nesting 

 grounds and provide breeding grounds for geese, ducks, and other water- 

 fowl in limited numbers, and feeding grounds for swans and herons during 

 migrations. 



UPPER KLAMATH BIRD REFUGE 



UPPER KLAMATH BIRD REFUGE extends for only a short distance along the 

 western side of Upper Klamath Lake in Klamath County but covers 8,140 

 acres. It has a wonderful mixed rookery of Blue Herons, Black-crowned 

 Night Herons, American Egrets, and Farallon Cormorants, and, together 

 with the adjoining lowlands, supports the largest nesting population of 

 Redheads to be found in the State, as well as many Canada Geese, Com- 

 mon Mallards, Cinnamon Teals, and many other water birds. 



GOAT ISLAND MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE 



GOAT ISLAND MIGRATORY BIRD REFUGE is an area of 2.1 acres in Curry 

 County established for the protection of California Murres, gulls, puffins, 

 geese, and other migratory and resident species. 



HART MOUNTAIN ANTELOPE REFUGE 



THE HART MOUNTAIN ANTELOPE REFUGE, comprising 2.64,935 acres i n 

 historic southeastern Lake County, was established in December 1936 

 primarily for the protection of prong-horned antelopes, mule deer, and 

 native fur and upland game species, but birds and other wildlife also are 



