Vol. IX. No. 3. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn tJ^umber, 1920. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Egg-Shells 17 



The Plumage Bill 19 



In Committee — Ostrich-Farmers and the Plumage Trade — France and 

 the Trade. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 20 



Council Meeting — Ornithological Advisory Committee. 



Notes 21 



Mr. William Dutcher— Colonel Yale's Bill — Bee-eaters in Scotland — 

 Shooting of Hoopoes — Cornish Bird Sanctuary — Where are the 

 Swallows? — The British Blue Bird. 



Economic Ornithology... ... ... .. ... 22 



Protection of the Lapwing — Utility of Seabirds — Market-Gardeners 

 and Birds. 



Books Received ... ... ... ... ... 23 



Bird and Tree Competition ... ... ... ... 23 



Some Bird Impressions in France ... ... ... 24 



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



