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Vol. IX No. 6. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS - 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Summer dumber, 1921. 



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CONTENTS. 



The Plumage Bill— and After ... ... .. 41 



Economic Ornithology •. ••• ...41 



Bird Protection in France— Birds and Forestry— Weed Seeds and Birds. 



"The Fairies' Corner" ... ... 4o 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 44 



Council Meeting— Trap-Shooting— The Plumage Bill, 



Notes ... ... 46 



Wild Birds Advisory Committee— Shooting in Close Time— Disappearance 

 of the Swallow— Nightingale and Cuckoo— Bird Protection in South 

 Africa- The Plight of the Caged Bird— Gorse Burning. 



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Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition • • 47 



In the Courts ... 48 



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



