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Buffalo Lake, thirty-five miles northeast of Red Deer, 

 Alberta. This is an attractive lake, with considerable nat- 

 ural advantages for abundant bird Ufe. 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 Httle 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. OUver 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, 



