Vol. IX No. 7. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn dumber, 1921, 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



" Farewell, Swallow "... ... ... ... 49 



Bird-Ringing... ... ... ... ... 50 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... 5 1 



Heather-burning and damage by Game in Scotland — Eaglet and Grouie. 



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 Protection 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 



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



