BIRD-PROTECTION BY GOVERNMENTS 207 



part by state laws. These, together with the bird 

 reservations, constitute one hundred and ten res- 

 ervations in which birds receive special protection. 



The following are the ten National Parks that may 

 be considered bird refuges: Yellowstone, Wyoming; 

 National Zoological Park and Rock Creek Park, 

 in the District of Columbia; Sequoia, Yosemite, 

 and General Grant, California; Mount Rainier, 

 Washington; Crater Lake, Oregon; Wind Cave, 

 South Dakota; Glacier, Montana, — having a 

 total area of 4,320,000 acres. 



The National Military Parks were created to 

 commemorate some notable engagement during 

 the Civil War. There are five of these, situated at 

 Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Antietam, Shiloh, 

 Gettysburg, and Vicksburg, with a total area of 

 eleven thousand acres. These refuges are important 

 because their location is such that, in connection 

 with some other reservations, they form a chain of 

 refuges almost in line with the migratory flights of 

 the birds. 



The largest national reservation which has be- 

 come a game preserve through state laws is the 

 Superior National Forest, Minnesota, including 

 1,420,000 acres. 



The next great step needed in the cause of bird- 

 protection is to make every national forest a na- 

 tional game preserve in which no hunting for sport 

 shall be allowed. Then these areas will produce 



