. Bird-lore . dingcooperation between the National Association and the Biological Survey inthe matter of joint payment of the salaries of wardens on some of the Govern-ment bird-reservations. 402 Bird - Lore The three patrol boats of the Association, viz., Grebe, 2»(f, on Lower KlamathLake, Ore. and Calif.; The Audubon, on Pelican Island Reservation, Fla.; andthe Royal Tern on Breton Island Reservation, La., have been leased to theBiological Survey for an indefinite period at a nominal rental. In this connection it might be well to record that when the system of estab-lishing bird-reservations
. Bird-lore . dingcooperation between the National Association and the Biological Survey inthe matter of joint payment of the salaries of wardens on some of the Govern-ment bird-reservations. 402 Bird - Lore The three patrol boats of the Association, viz., Grebe, 2»(f, on Lower KlamathLake, Ore. and Calif.; The Audubon, on Pelican Island Reservation, Fla.; andthe Royal Tern on Breton Island Reservation, La., have been leased to theBiological Survey for an indefinite period at a nominal rental. In this connection it might be well to record that when the system of estab-lishing bird-reservations first went into effect, in 1903, there were no Govern-ment funds available for paying for warden service, nor was any money avail-able until 1909. Fifty-one bird-reservations had by that time been these six years such direct protection as the reservations received wasfrom wardens employed wholly by the National Committee of AudubonSocieties, and after January, 1905 by the National THE ROYAL TERN, PATROL-BOAT OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF AUDUBON SOCIETIES, OPERATINC ALONG THE COAST OF LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND M. PARKER AT THE STERN Our cooperation with the Biological Survey in this way has always been ofthe most pleasant character, and our close relations in other phases of conserva-tion work will continue as heretofore. As i)ointed out in Mr. Finleys report, the great colonies of birds on LowerKlamath Lake are on the verge of total extinction as result of drainage, and Report of the Secretary 403 Malheur Lake, the largest breeding-place of wildfowl in the United States,will probably pass into oblivion in a short time. With these deplorable exceptions, the colony bird-life of the country, inso far as has come under the influence of the Association, has enjoyed a pros-perous year.
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