CONTENTS. 



1921. 



No. 5.— SPRING NUMBER, 1921. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . , 

 Annual Meeting — Council Meeting. 



" My Sisters " , 



The Plumage Trade 



The New Bills — How the Trade Construe Facts — 

 Bishop of Durham on Feathered Women, 



Notes . . 



Ornithological Advisory Committee — Petrol Oil on 

 the Waters — Story of a Grebe — Rescuing a 

 Guillemot — " The Llanddwyn Grace Darling " 

 — Birds' Foes and Friends — An appeal for Bird 

 Wardens — Mysteries of Aviation — Monte Carlo 

 and Chatham. 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition . . 



Entries and Festivals — Death of Mr. T. A. Cox — 

 Essay on the Nightjar. 



In the Courts 



No. 6.— SUMMER NUMBER, 1921. 



The Plumage Bill— and After 



Economic Ornithology 



Bird Protection in France — Birds and Forestry — 

 Weed Seeds and Birds. 



" The Fairies' Comer " 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 



Council Meeting — Trap-Shooting — The Plumage 

 Bill. 



Notes 



Wild Birds Advisory Committee — Shooting in Close 

 Time — Disappearance of the Swallow — Night- 

 ingale and Cuckoo — Bird Protection In South 

 Africa — The Plight of the Caged Bird — Gorse 

 Burning. 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition . . 



In the Courts 



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No. 7.— AUTUMN NUMBER, 1921. 



FAGS 



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" Farewell, Swallow " 



Bird-Ringing 50 



Economic Ornithology . . . . . . . . 51 



Heather-burning and damage by Game in Scotland 

 — Eagles and Grouse. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 52 

 Council Meeting — Death of Sir George Kekewich. 



Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 



Where Birds are fearless — Raiding the Eiders — 

 Australia's National Sanctuary — Nature Pro- 

 tection in Japan — Air Guns — How Glasgow 

 helps. 



The Plumage Trade 54 



Advisory Committee — Economic Value of Plumage 

 Birds— The Oiled Feather. 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition . . 55 



In the Courts . . . . . . . . . . 56 



No. 8.— WINTER NUMBER, 1921. 



A Watcher on the Hills 67 



The Plumage Trade 58 



Notes 59 



" The Museum of Comparative Oology " again — 

 A Cuckoo in a Nesting-box — Gardeners and 

 Birds — Pests and " Pestology." 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 60 



Council Meetings— H.R.H. Princess Mary- 

 Obituary. 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition . . 61 



Inter-County and County Shields — " Tailby " 

 prizes. 



Books Received . . . . . . . . . . 64 



