her wild waterfowl, and never a week passes that the waters of the
lake are not fretted with the {197} prow of the Audubon patrol boat, as
the watchful warden extends his vigil over the feathered wards of our
Government.

Federal bird reservations have been formed not only of lakes with reedy
margins and lonely islands in the sea, they have been made to include
numerous Government reservoirs built in the arid regions of the West.

_Distant Reservations._--Once set in motion, this movement for Federal
bird reservations soon swept beyond the boundaries of the United
States. One was established in Porto Rico, and several others among
the islands of Alaska, on whose rocky cliffs may be seen to-day clouds
of Puffins, Auks, and Guillemots--queer creatures that stand upright
like a man--crowding and shouldering each other about on the ledges
which overlook the dark waters of Bering Sea. One reservation in
Alaska covers much of the lower delta of the Yukon, including the great
tundra country south of the river, embracing within its borders a
territory greater than the {198} State of Connecticut. From the
standpoint of preserving rare species of birds this is doubtless one of
the most important reservations which has come into existence. It is
here that many of the wild fowl, which frequent the California coast in
winter, find a summer refuge safe alike from the bullet of the white
man and the arrow of the Indian. Here it is that the lordly Emperor
Goose is probably making his last stand on the American continent
against the aggressions of the destructive white race.

Away out in the western group of the Hawaiian Archipelago are located
some of the world's most famous colonies of birds. From remote regions
of the Pacific sea birds journey hither when the instinct for mating is
strong upon them. Here come "Love Birds" or White Terns, and
Albatrosses, great winged wonders whose home is on the rolling deep.
The number seems almost beyond belief to men and women unfamiliar with
bird life in congested colonies. On February 3, 1909, these islands
and reefs were included in an executive order whereby {199} the
"Hawaiian Island Reservation" was brought into existence. This is the
largest of all our Government bird reserves. It extends through more
than five degrees of longitude.

At intervals in the past these islands had been visited by vessels
engaged in the feather trade, and although no funds were available for
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