Executive Order 939

It is hereby ordered that two small, unsurveyed islets, commonly known as "Bird Island" and "Middle Island," located approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees forty minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees fourteen minutes west from Greenwich, and a small bird island, approximately in latitude twenty-six degrees thirty-seven minutes north, longitude eighty-two degrees ten minutes west from Greenwich, all in and near the northern end of Pine Island Sound on the west coast of Florida as shown upon the United States Coast Survey Chart No. 175, and located within the areas segregated by the broken lines and shown upon the diagram hereto attached and made a part of this order, are hereby reserved and set apart for the use of the Department of Agriculture as a preserve and breeding ground for native birds. The taking or destruction of birds' eggs or nests, and the taking or killing of any species of native bird for any purpose whatsoever, except under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture, is prohibited, and warning is expressly given to all persons not to commit within the reserved territory any of the acts hereby enjoined. This reserve to be known as Pine Island Reservation.

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 * September 15, 1908.