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important that the causes of decrease under the control of man should 

 cease. There are two very small colonies of Least Tern (Little Strikers), 

 in this district, probably not over IOO pairs. The only other colonies of this 

 species known on the Atlantic coast are two small ones in Massachusetts and 

 one in North Carolina. There may possibly be some on the South Carolina 

 and Georgia coasts ; the proposed exploration for new bird colonies this year 

 will determine this fact. The Least Tern suffered more severely from milli- 

 nery hunters than any other species of the family, and it is very doubtful 



CABIN ERECTED BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ON BRETON ISLANO RESERVATION LOUISIANA 



whether the small existing colonies on the Atlantic coast can be maintained. 



In North Carolina, the wardens are all in the employ of and are paid by 

 the Audubon Society and are doing a splendid work (See Report of Society 

 p. 266). 



In Florida, four wardens were employed under pay, and one of our mem- 

 bers, Mr. Asa N. Pillsbury, volunteered to care for Passage Key Reserva- 

 tion. The birds breeding on islands which were in charge of our wardens 

 all had a successful season and made a normal increase. Disease and the 

 elements reduced the increase somewhat, but they were not disturbed by 

 man. Unfortunately, this cannot be said of the territory in the larger part 

 of the Peninsula of Florida. That hunting for plumes is still going on in 



