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It is hereby ordered that the following described islands in Stiinnp Lake in Township 

 151 Nortii, Range 6i West, 5th Principal Meridian, North Dakota, shown on the official 

 plat approved February 13, 1905, on file in the General Land Office, be, and they are 

 hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve 

 and breeding ground for native birds, viz. : 



Two islands in Section 10, one shown as Lot 3 of the section, containing 12 acres, 

 and one shown as Lot 4 of the section, containing 7.64 acres; one island in Section 11, 

 shown as Lot 4 of the section, containing 2.22 acres ; also one island in Section 15, shown 

 as Lot 2 of the section, containing 5.53, total area 27.39 acres. This reservation to be 

 known as the Stump Lake Reservation. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt, 



The White House, March 9, 1905. 



It is hereby ordered that Passage Key, an island near the mouth of Tampa Bay, 

 Florida, as shown on the General Land Office map of the State of Florida of date 1893, 

 and situated in Section 6, Township 34 south, Range 16 east, as the same appears upon the 

 official plat of survey of said township approved March 17, 1877, be, and it is hereby 

 reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and 

 breeding ground for native birds. This reservation to be known as the Passage Key 

 Reservation. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 



The White House, October 10, 1905. 



It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed islands of the Huron Islands group, lying 

 near the south shore of Lake Superior, as shown by the General Land Office map of the 

 State of Michigan of date 1904, and situated in Sections 26, 27, 34 and 35, Township 53 

 north. Range 29 west, as the same appear in part upon the official plat of survey of said 

 township approved Jime 4, 1847, be, and they are hereby reserved and set apart for the 

 use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds, 

 This reservation to be known as the Huron Islands Reservation. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 

 The White House, October 10, 1905. 



It is hereby ordered that the unsurveyed islands of the Siskiwit or Menagerie group 

 of islands, lying near the mouth of Siskiwit bay, on the south side of Isle Royal in Lake 

 Superior, Michigan, as shown by the General Land Office map of the state of Michigan 

 of date 1904, and situated in Sections 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 33, 34 and 35, Township 64 

 north. Range 36 west, as the same appear in part upon the official plat of survey of said 

 township, approved June 4, 1847, be and they are hereby reserved and set apart for the 

 use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. 

 This reservation to be known as the Siskiwit Islands Reservation. 



(Signed) Theodore Roosevelt. 

 The White House, October 10, 1905. 



The Stump Lake Reservation is used by Gulls, Terns, Ducks and Snipe. 



The Huron Islands and Siskiwit Reservations are occupied by large 

 colonies of Herring Gulls, together w^ith a few Ducks. 



Passage Key Reservation, being so far south, is inhabited by an entirely 

 different class of birds in the breeding season, such as Royal, Cabot's, Least 

 and Sooty Terns. Thousands of Herons and also several varieties of shore- 



