AN OBJECT LESSON IN BIRD PROTECTION 



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eastern British Columbia, and breeds in the Elk River Game 

 Preserve. 



An Object Lesson in 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 



Reproduced from Recreation magazine. 



A HAVEN OF REFUGE. 



described might well be entitled — "An Oasis in the Great 

 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 of the little village of Mosca, Colorado, in San 

 Luis Valley, lives the family of J. C. Gray. On the Gray ranch there is 

 an artesian well which empties into a small pond about 100 feet square. 

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

 is warm even during the coldest winter. 



