TABLE OF CONTENTS.— VOLUME V. 



19X2. 



No. 1.— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1912. 



The Duke of RtrrLAND, 



A Holiday with the Birds in Paris (Prize 

 Essay) ------- 



Economic Ornithology . - - - 



Gulls and Herrings. 

 The Childhood of Birds. 



The Plume-Trade 



International Conference. 



International Agricultural 

 Institute. 



The Egrets of Florida. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 8 



Annual Meeting. Council Meeting. 



Nesting-Boxes for London " Protection of Crops." 



Parks. Essay Competition. 



Museums and Bird Pro- Obituary. 



tection. 



Bird Protection in France - 

 Bird-Life in Italy 

 Bird Protection Orders 



Notes 



Blackbird Shoot. 

 Homes for Birds. 

 Luther and the Bird- 

 catcher. 



Sea-Pies and Ground- 



Dartford Warbler and 

 Dipper. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day 

 In the Courts . - - 



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No. 2.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1912. 



The R.S.P.B. Exhibit at the Royal Horticultural 

 Show, Chelsea, 1912. 



" Farm, Garden, and Birds " - - - 



Economic Ornithology - . . - 



Is the Gull Economically Six Friends of the Trees. 

 Useful? ALegendof St.Druon. 



Bird Protection in Switzerland - - - 

 Bird Protection in Holland - - . 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Council Meeting. 

 International Horticultural 



Exhibition. 

 Bird Protection Orders. 



The Plume-Trade 



Notes . - - - 



Books Received 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day 



In the Courts 



The Caging of Birds. 

 The Use of Traps. 

 The New Forest. 



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No. 3.— AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1912. 

 Bbean Down. 

 Brean Down : The Hill of Birds - 



The Plume-Trade 



The Plumage Bill. 

 India and Burma. 

 The " Osprey." 



Economic Ornithology 

 " Larks " - - 



Sir Harry Johnston on 

 the Trade. 



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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 40 



Council Meeting. 



The Traffic in Feathers. 



The Watchers and 

 their Work. 



Notes 



Bird-and-Tree Day ----- 



Challenge Shield Competi- Bird-and-Tree Day in 



tions. Australia. 



Cliildren and Caged Birds. 



In the Courts 



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No. i.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1912. 



" Our Swallows' Winter Home." 

 From a painting by Mr. C. Whymper. 



The Plume Question in a Nutshell - - 49 



The Plume-Trade ----- 50 



Economic Ornithology - - - - 51 



The Persecution of the Heron. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 54 



Council Meeting. Brean Down. 



Public School Essay Com- 

 petition : Award. 



Notes 



Wild Life in England. 

 " Owl-dom." 

 Birds' Winter Food. 



The Need for Nesting- 

 Boxes. 



Bird-and-Tree Day - - - 

 Challenge Shield Competition! 1912. 



In the Courts 



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