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Show IKII SAM AND AUBUBOW WORKERS I CEDE ISLANDS TO THE WILD FOWL I NEW YOHK. opt.. II. At priros of :froin two to seven dollars an acre perpetual per-petual homos and breeding grounds for the wild birds of Ajmri(:a arr now biMUp: spiMirod by i'riimds of iho national bird Jito. J 11 addition to tho twontv-fivo islands, m .Mio Gulf of Mexico, cast of tho Mississippi, -which it now maintains W-i -k'-WTl i II n- II.... las an undisturbed haven for thp' nutivo wild fowl. I he Nalional Association of Audubon goeicfics has today i-.omplotod ' Hie purchase of "Rundown inland." off ilie Louisiana eoasf. The coding1 f thin Ihirt.y-aiM-t! island iract lo the birds as an overlnsltng homing spot, il, is anno an-no uneecKinarlJlKj widespread inoveiwni among bird lovers in this country. This, if. h; hoped, will result in tho ovcntuul acquisition of all tho native haunts in the islands and coastal region of tho Atlantic, Pacific Pa-cific and of the Gulf whero at present thn breeding flocks nro tmdly niolosfod and unprotected. At the head of 1.1m subscription list toward securing the homes of tho nation's na-tion's birds Uncle Sam has already placed hinibelf with tho reservation of the enliro "mud-lump" region of the Mississippi's delta and the "Shell Keys," somewhat further west. Official Of-ficial ordoifroniPi calling- for tho setting aside of these ! brcediug tracts have just boon forward- -d to Audubon headquarters in this cit3 iu answer to an earnest recommendation of this measure which tho association made early in tho summor. With this cordial endorsement and continuation of tho rcHorvation plan by governmental authority, it now remains to comploto the project of establishing an adequate bird realm, 1)3 privato purchase of such islands, as arc owned by private per- j sons and yet remain unguarded from tho molestation of human destroyers. That a few dollars may secure to all bird posterity a full acre of home and 1 I breeding ground, carefully putrollcd by Audubon wardens, is an idea that is appealing to friends oT American wild life all over tho country. Iu support of tho genornl movement tho Audubon workers havo already begun to receive contributions lo their funds for the Eurpooo of reclaiming these national ird haunts to their own onco more. 13v the government's reservation of Shell Keys a multitude of nationul wild fowl have alroady become assured of the preservation of Ihoir homes and offspring. On this reef, which is composed com-posed of oyster shells and extends only a mile and" a hull' in the wntors of the upper gulf, some 300 brown Pelicans, oOO mnn-o'-wnr birds and almost a thousand royal terns wero recently observed ob-served by an Audubon patrol expedition. Movo than 200 nests of tho I eras were also counted on the little reef which has now been placed under careful guard against, ma raudcrs. Jn addition lo the Shell Keys and the equally frequented "mud-lump" reservations at tho Mississippi 'a mouth, which havo today como under tho surveillance sur-veillance of the Audubon workers, some 700 acres of island region have boon purchased or acquired by the association associa-tion for tho same purpose east of thu river's delta. Many mores? privately held or uudiscovfc bought or held under pffi the ornithologists doclafM bird life of this country,'! t quately safeguarded. J "Tho only hopo for tvJt, 1 of tho wild birds of outM acquiring their home br'd on the coasts of the Unir, carefully maintaining tf molestation," said Wilhj president of tho uosoeititHjfl miartcrs, 3-11 Broadvay.'tl Americai should be intifl preservation of his couutrj1 |