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eastern British Columbia, and breeds in the Klk River Game 

 Preserve. 



A\ Object Lesson i\ Bird Protection, As a fitting 

 conclusion to our studies of the ducks of our interior rivers, 

 lakes and ponds, we present a remarkable instance of what 

 bird protection can accomplish. The picture of the pond 



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A HAVEN OF REP1 GE 



described might well be entitled— "An Oasis in tin- Greal 

 American Desert of Game Destruction!" By the courtesy of 

 Mr. G. 0. Shields, we reproduce from Recreation magazine for 

 June, 1903, the above illustration, and the following descrip- 

 tion by Mr. Charles C. Townsend, which appeared under the 

 caption, "A Haven of Refuge": 



One mile north «>l' the little village <>l' Mosca, Colorado, in S.m 

 Luis Valley, lives tli<- family of J. C. Gray. On t he- Gray ranch there i- 

 an artesian well which empties into .1 small pond aboul U'ti feel square. 

 This pond is never entirely frozen over and the water emptying therein 

 IS warm even during the coldest winter. 



