TABLE OF CONTENTS.— VOLUME iX 



1920. 



No. 1.— SPRING NUMBER, 1920. 



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Trade and tJie Plumage Question . . . . 1 



By Dr. W. T. Hornaday. 



The Plumage Bill 2 



Opinions of Sir H. H. Johnston, Sir T. Mackenzie, 

 Mr. W. P. Pycraft, Mr. Julian Huxley, Mr 

 Montagu Sharpe, Mr. Trevor-Battye, and Mr. 

 Holbrook Jackson. 



" Farms " for Plumage 4 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 5 



Annual Meeting— Council Meeting— Plumage Bill 

 Comniittee— British Museum and the Bill— A 

 Pole Trap Story— Obituary. 



Economic Ornithology . . . . , , _ ^ ■? 



The Nightjar— Food of the Rook— Birds and 

 House-flies. 



Bird Destruction by Children 8 



No. 2.— SUMMER NUMBER, 1920. 



The Importation of Plumage Bill 



Debate on Second Heading— In Comniittee— The 

 Plumage Bill and Ostrich Feathers— The 

 Ihreatened Extermination of Birds of Paradise. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . 

 Council Meeting— Obituary. 



Notes 



The Government and the proposed Central Ornitho- 

 logical Committee— Plumage-trade " demon- 

 stration '—Fiction and Fact— Jewish support 

 to the Plumage Bill— Story of a Lapwing— 

 The ideal Mouser. 



Economic Ornithology 



Bird and Tree Competition 



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No. 3.~AUTUMN NUMBER, 1920. 



Egg-Shells 



The Plumage Bill 



In Committee— Ostrich-Farmers and the Plumage 

 Trade— France and the Trade. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 20 



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Council Meeting— Ornithological Advisory Com- 

 mittee. 



Notes 



Mr. 'William Dutcher— Colonel Yate's Bill— Bee- 

 eaters in Scotland-Shooting of Hoopoes- 

 Cornish Bird Sanctuary — Where are the 

 SwaUows ?— The British Blue Bird. 



Economic Ornithology 



Protection of the Lapwing— Utility of Seabirds— 

 Market-Gardeners and Birds. 



Books Received 



Bird and Tree Competition 



Some Bird Impressions in Prance 



No. 4.— WINTER NUMBER, 1920. 



" Stupidity Street " 



The Plumage Trade 



Birds and Man— Business Men and the Plumace 

 Bill — Bill No. 10. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 

 Council Meetings. 



Economic Ornithology 



Women's Work on the Land— Birds and Insect 

 Pests — Canada and Bird Protection — Agricul 

 ture versus Fashion— Food of the Rook. 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition 



In the Courts • . . 



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