INDEX. 



Lectures, 8, 24, 40, 72, 86, 88, 120 



Leeds Mercury on Destruction of Larks, 14 



Lighthouses, Protection of Migrating Birds at, 

 65,70, 73, 89, lOG, 118; St. Catherine's, face 

 page 81 



Ligue Francaise pour la Protection des Oiseaux, 

 6, 11, 18, 111 



London Parks, Nesting-boxes for, 9 ; Aviaiies in, 

 87 



Lucas, Mr. V. H., on Birds and Insects, 38 



Luther and the Birds, 14 



McLean, Senator, on the Plume-Trade, 103 



Man, Isle of, and the Gull Act, 20 



Man's Account with the Plume-Trade, 81 



Matthews, Mr. Schuyler, on Bird Music, 30 



Maxwell, Su* Herbert, on the Plvune-Trade, 27 ; 

 on the Collector, 70 



" Mazzini, Recollections of," 14 



Mehrn, Lt. -Colonel, 116 



Merganser, Protection of, 44 



Migrating Birds, Protection of, 65, 70, 73, 89, 106, 

 118 



Mitchell, Dr. Chalmers, 5, 41 



Montagu of Beaulieu, Lord, 89 



" Moulted " Plvmaes, 7, 100 



Museiuns and Birds, 10 



Nature-Study in Schools, 31, 87. See Bird-and- 

 Tree Day 



Nesting-boxes, 14, 25, 45, 105, 106 ; in London 

 Parks, 9 ; in Switzerland, 22 ; at Thirhnere, 

 51 ; Times on, 56 ; at the Horticultural 

 Show, face page 17 



Netherlands, Bird Protection Law, 23 ; Plume- 

 Trade, 115 ; Protection of Migrating Birds, 65 



New Forest, 26 



Notes, 13, 28, 44, 55, 70, 86, 107 



Nuthatch and Nesting-box, 71 



Obituary : Mr. Alfred Austin, 91 ; Lord Avebury, 

 92; Mr. W. C. Clifton, 106; Dr. R. Haw- 

 thorne, 92 ; Mr. R. H. Watt, 92 ; Dr. Sclater 

 106 ; Princess Victor of Hohenlohe, 9 ; Dr. 

 E. A. Wilson, 74 



" Ospreys," 6, 27, 36, 49 



" Our Vanishing Wild Life," 69 



" Owl-dom " Chapel at Exeter, 56 



Owl Prizes, The, 



Owls, Prosecutions for Taking, 32, 44, 48, 112; 

 trapping, 45 



Palestine, Egg-coUectors in, 85 



Pallas' s Sandgrouse, 53 



Paris, Birds of, 1 ; and the Plume-Trade, 115 



Passenger Pigeon, 70 



Patten, Professor, 70 



Pearson, Mr. G. T., 7 



Penguins, Protection of, 28, 74 



Perrier, M. Edmond, 31, 115 



Phillips, Mr. Cambridge, on " Friends of the 

 Trees," 20 



Pichot, M., 39, 114 



Plumage Bill, Mr. Aid ens', 41 



Plumage, Bill to Prohibit Importation of, in Great 

 Britain, 36, 97 ; in United States, 84, 102 ; 

 in Denmark, 



Plume Question in a Nutshell, The, 49 



Plume-Trade, 6, 27, 36, 50, 67, 83, 97, 102, 1 14 ; 

 on the Continent, 114; Press on, 79; Man's 

 Accoimt with, 81 ; Proposed International 

 Conference, 6 ; Claronology of the Fight 

 against, 98 ; Government Bill, 97 ; Sir H. H. 

 Johnston on, 36, 81, 116; Sir H. Maxwell 

 on, 27 ; Earl Curzon on, 79 



Pole Trap, The, 96 



Portland, Duchess of, on Caged Birds, 25 ; on 

 " Ospreys," 36 



Portugal, Arbor Day in. Ill 



Press, The, On the Plume-Trade, 79 



Public School Essay Competition, 1, 55, 74, 119 



Rawnsley, Canon, 73 



Reservations for Birds, 33, 55. See Brean Down 



Rice, Mr. J. H. , on Herons in Florida, 68 ; Economic 

 Value of Heron, 68 



Rive, Mile, de la, 22 



Roberts, Lady Edwina, 67 



Rome, Nesting-boxes in, 10 ; Bird Notes from, 

 12 



Royal Society for the Protection of Birds : Council 

 Meetings, 8, 24, 40, 54, 72, 88, 104, 117; 

 Annual Meetings, 8, 72, 79 ; See Bird Pro- 

 tectors V. Plume-Trade, 98, et acq., Brean 

 Down, Bird-and-Tree Day, Lighthouses, &c. 



Rutland, Duke of : Portrait, face page 1 



Saint Druon, Legend of, 21 



Sarasin, Dr. Paul, 116 



Saimders, Miss Marshall, 71 



Schillings, Professor C. G., 100, 114 



Schools, Nature-study in, 87. See Bird-and-Tree 

 Day 



Sclater, Dr. P. L., 106 



Selous, Mr. Edmund, 10 



Shaw, Mr. James, on Birds of Tampa, 71 



Shooting Times on Bird Protection Acts, 108 



Skylarks, 13, 39 



Sleeping-Sickness and Egrets, 36 



Smuggling in the Plume-Trade, 67, 82 



Sparrow Clubs, 30, 85 



Starling and Osier-beetle, 51 



Stebbing, Mr. W. P. D., on Birds in Italy, 12 



Sun-birds of Palestine, 86 



Surrey Comet, 44, 48 



' Svalen," 116 



Swaen, Professor, 115 



Swallows, decrease of, 28, 105, 107, 120 



" Swallows' Winter Home," face page 49 



Switzerland, Bird Protection in, 22 ; Plume-Trade 

 in, 116 



Terschelling Lighthouse, 66 



Thijsse, Heer J. P., 65, 89 



Thirlmere, Birds at, 51 



Thomson, Professor Landsborough, 76 



Times, on " Waxing and Waning Species," 56 



Tits and Nuthatch, 71 



Traffic in Birds' Plumage, The, 114 



Trees, Six Friends of the, 20 



United States, Federal Bird Protection for, 86 ; 

 Plume-Trade in, 50, 67, 84, 102, 118 



Victims of the Plvune-Trade, Some, face page 113 



Victor of Hohenlohe, Princess, 9. 



Vineyards and Birds, 18 



Wagtail, Caged, 29 



Washington State, Seal of, 44 



Watchers Committee of the R.S.P.B., 25, 42, 73, 

 89, 105, 118 



Water, Provision of, for Birds, 29 



Watts, Mr. R. H., 87 



Weeks-McLean Bill, 86 



Wild Birds Protection Acts, Departmental Com- 

 mittee to consider, 120 



Wildfowlers' Association and Lapwing, 29 



Wilson, Dr. E. A., 74 



Winter Food for Birds, 57 



Woodpeckers and Forestry, 20, 85 



Worthington, Mr. Percy, on Birds of Paris, 1 



