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for a government reservation. Surveillance here would be a very simple matter. 

 These lumps were visited on June 15. 



FEEDING STATIONS 



1. Calcasieu Pass — I had excellent opportunities for observation at this point, 

 iDeing held there by contrary winds from the evening of May 21 to the morning 

 ■of May 26. Calcasieu Pass is the site of the Gulf Biologic Station, a state institu- 

 tion. The town of Cameron, or LeesviUe, is about two miles up the river. Except 

 for this village, the region about Calcasieu Pass is rather isolated. The nearest 

 town of any size. Lake Charles, is about forty miles distant in a direct line, and 

 nearly sixty by river. This entire locality offers exceptional advantages as a pre- 

 serve for both land and water birds. The country is low and open, for the most 

 part. At the time of my visit, I observed about 50 Least Terns, 50 White Pelicans 

 and 300 Black Skimmers feeding along the shore and about the pass. Florida 

 Ducks were nesting plentifully in the vicinity. In winter, Ducks of many species 

 are present by thousands. In spite of the lateness of my visit, shore birds were 

 present in great variety and in considerable numbers. On the prairies, Doves, 

 Meadowlarks, Bob-Whites and Nighthawks are exceedingly abundant. Some 

 of the larger and less common water-birds, such as the Wood and Glossy Ibises, 

 Roseate Spoonbill, Wood Duck, and Sandhill Crane are present where deep 

 swamps and river woods occur in this region. Altogether, this entire locality 

 seems one of exceptional avian resources. 



2. Trinity Bay, Isle Derniere. — A number of birds were seen June 3 at the 

 head of the bay, and at a point half-way up the bay. The species and approxi- 

 mate numbers were as follows: Black Skimmers, 600; Brown Pelicans, 450; 

 White Pelicans, 175; Royal Terns, 100; Least Terns, 75; Laughing Gulls, 50; 

 Forster's Terns, 15; Caspian Terns, 10. The nesting season of Black Skimmers 

 had hardly begun when this locality was visited, but, as they have occupied it 

 as a breeding place in former seasons, it is very probable that they are nesting 

 there this summer. 



3. Wine Island. — Although shown on the charts a^^ a single island, this island 

 has been divided into two parts. Birds were found on the spits at both ends of 

 the eastern island, and on the eastern end of the western island. The total bird 

 population here was: Brown Pelicans, 1,300; White Pelicans, 150; Royal Terns, 

 400; Black Skimmers, 100; Least Terns, 60. These were the estimates made on 

 June 4. 



4. Ft. Livingston (Barataria Light). — Visited June 7, 10 and 16. About 25 

 Cabot's Terns and 300 Brown Pelicans were observed in this particular locality. 



5. Barataria Bay. — I was in various parts of this bay and its contiguous 

 waters, June 7-10, and June 16 and 17. 50 White Pelicans, 150 Brown Pelicans, 

 200 Forster's Terns and about 500 Laughing Gulls included most of the birds seen. 



6. Shell Islands, Bastian Bay. — Though these islands seem to afford a very 

 suitable nesting-site, being somewhat similar to the Shell Keys off Marsh Island, 



