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persons not to commit any of the acts herein enumerated and whicli 

 are prohibited by law. This bird refuge to be known as Saint 

 Lazaria Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



executive order february 27, 1909. [no. 1041.] 



Yukon Delta Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that the treeless tundra of the delta of the 

 Yukon river, Alaska, situated west of longitude one hundred and 

 sixty-two degrees and twenty minutes west from Greenwich and 

 south of the Yukon river, as segregated by the broken line shown 

 upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, be 

 and the same is hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the 

 Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for 

 native birds. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, 

 wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the 

 eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation, except under 

 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of 

 Agriculture. Warning is expressly given to all persons not to com- 

 mit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by 

 law. This bird refuge to be known as Yukon Delta Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



executive order february 27, 1909. [no. 1042.] 



Culebra Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that the islands of the Culebra group, Porto 

 Rico, approximately in latitude eighteen degrees, twenty minutes 

 north, longitude sixty-five degrees, twenty minutes west from Green- 

 wich, excepting Culebra island, be and the same are hereby reserved, 

 subject to their use for naval and li'ght-house purposes under the 

 provisions of the Proclamations and Executive Orders heretofore 

 issued and creating such reservations, and set apart for the use of the 

 Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for 

 native birds. It is unlawful for any person to hunt, trap, capture, 

 wilfully disturb, or kill any bird of any kind whatever, or take the 

 eggs of such birds within the limits of this reservation, except under 

 such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of 

 Agi'iculture. Warning is expressly given to all persons not to com- 

 mit any of the acts herein enumerated and which are prohibited by 

 law. 



This reservation to be known as Culebra Reservation. 



Theodore Roosevelt. 



executive order february 27, 1909. [no. 1043.] 



Farallon Reservation for birds, created. 



It is hereby ordered that the Middle and North Farallon islands 

 and other rocks to the Northwest of same, in Califoniia. situated 

 approximately in latitude thirty-seven degrees and forty-five min- 

 utes north, longitude one hundred and twenty-three degrees and five 

 minutes west from Greenwich, and located within the area segregated 

 by the broken line upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part 

 of this order, be and the same are hereby reserved and set apart for 



