CONTENTS. 



1913. 



Mo. 5.— SPRINQ NUMBER, March, 1913. 



Earl CtrazON of Kedleston. 



Birds at the Lighthouse - - - - 



The Plume-Trade 



The Heron and the Plume-Trade. 



" Our Vanishing Wild Life " - 



Notes 



Annual Meeting. 



The Collector. 



Ailsa Craig. 



The late Dr. E. A. Wilson. 



Bird Protection in Egypt. 



Economic Ornithology 



The Economic Status of 

 the Heron. 



Council Meeting. 



Public Schools Essay 

 Competition. 



Bird Pro taction in Aus- 

 tralia. 



The Case for the Gull. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day . . - 



Challenge Shield Competi- Bird-and-Tree Festi- 

 tions. vals. 



The Press and Bird Protection - - - 



In the Courts ------ 



The Pliune-Trade 



The IT.S.A. Tariff Bill. 



Economic Ornithology 



Woodpeckers and 

 Forestry. 



Notes - - - 



65 



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69 



70 



Sir Herbert Maxwell and The Importation of 



the Collectors. Cage-birds. 



Bird Watctiing. The Tit and the Nut- 



hatch. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 72 



" The Economic Preser- 

 vation of Birds." 



The " Sparrow " Club. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Council Meeting. 

 Obituary. 



Protection of Migrat- 

 ing Birds. 



Bird Protection and the Collector 



Books Received - . . . . 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - - . 



Challenge Shield Competi- Children and Birds. 

 tions. 



In the Courts ------ 



75 



77 



79 

 80 



No. 6.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1913. 



At St. Catheeine's Lighthouse. 

 Man's Account with the Plume-Trade - 81 



83 



85 



80 



88 



92 

 93 



94 



96 



No. 7.-AUTUMN NUMBER, Soptember, 1918. 



The White Heron-. 

 From a painting by Mr. H. Gronvold. 



Government Bill to prohibit Importation of 

 Plumage -.-.-. 



Bird Protectors v. Plume-Traders 

 A Chronology of the flght. 



Prohibition of Importation of Plumage into 

 the United States ----- 



97 

 98 



102 



The voice of the Press : ." Economic " Protec- 

 Senator McLean's speech tion again. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 104 



Council Meeting. 

 Protection of Migratory 

 Birds. 



Obituary. 

 Nesting-Boxes. 



Notes 



The Home Office and Bird- The Birdcatcher at 



Protection Orders. large. 



Some suggestions to Bird- The Police and the 



lovers. Acts. 



Economic Ornithology - - - . 



la the Dipper an enemy of Trout ? 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - - . 



Challenge Shield Competi- Children and Birds, 

 tions. Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) 



Day in Portugal. 



In the Courts 



107 



108 



110 



111 



No. 8.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1913. 



Some Victims of the Plume-Trade. 

 From a painting by Mr. G. E. Lodge. 



The Traffic in Birds' Pliunage 



114 



Opinion on the 

 Continent : 



Germany, France, 

 Austria, Holland, 

 Switzerland, Denmark. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 117 



Council Meeting. Public School Essay 



Birds at the Lighthouses. Competition. 



Swallows in France. 



Wild Birds Protection Acts - - - - 120 

 Bu-d Protection in Italy - - - - 120 



Bii-d-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - - - - 12 



Inter-County and County Challenge Shield 

 Competitions. 



In the Courts - - - - - - 125 



