THE BIRD STUDY BOOK 



Gulf, from Texas to Key West, was visited by trained 

 ornithologists who reported their findings to the New 

 York office. These were forwarded to Washington 

 for the approval of Dr. T. S. Palmer of the Biological 

 Survey, and Frank Bond, of the General Land Office, 

 where executive orders were prepared for the Presi- 

 dent's signature. 



The Breton Island Reservation off the coast of 

 Louisiana, including scores of islands and bars, was 

 established in 1904. Six additional reservations 

 were soon created along the west coast of Florida, 

 thus extending a perpetual guardianship over the 

 colonies of sea and coastwise birds in that territory — 

 the pitiful remnants of vast rookeries despoiled to 

 add to the profits of the millinery trade. 



The work was early started in the West resulting 

 in the Malheur Lake and Klamath Lake reservations 

 of Oregon. The latter is to-day the summer home 

 of myriads of Ducks, Geese, Grebes, White Pelicans, 

 and other wild waterfowl, and never a week passes 



that the waters of the lake are not fretted with the 

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