Vol. IX. No. 1. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Spring dumber, 1920. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Trade and the Plumage Question ... ... ... 1 



By Dr. W. J. 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- Baltye. and 

 Mr. Holbrook Jackson. 



"Farms" for Plumage ... ... ... ... 4 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 5 



Annual Meeting — Council Meeting— Plumage Bill Committee — British 

 Museum and the Bill — A Pole Trap Story — Obituary. 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... ... 7 



The Nightjar — Food of the Rook — Birds and House-flies. 



Bird Destruction by Children 8 



23, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, LONDON, S.W.I. 



