Vol. V. No. 1. 



BIRD NOTES 

 AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Spring !l\(umber^ 191 2. 



CONTENTS. 



Portrait of the Duke of Rutland. page 



A, Holiday with the Birds in Paris (Prize Essay) .. i 



Economic Ornithology.. " ,. .... .. 5 



Gulls and Herrings — ^International Agricultural 

 Institute— The Childhood of Birds. 



The Plume-Trade , . . . . . . . , . 6 



' ' International Conference — The Egrets of Florida. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 8 



Annual Meeting — Council Meeting— Nesting- 

 Boxes fon-London Parks — "Protection of Crops" 

 Essay Competition— Museums and Bird Protec- 

 tions-Obituary. 

 Bird Protectioq.- in Franqe . . . . . . . . 11 



Bird-Life in Italy . . . . . . . . \z 



Bird Protection Order .^ . . . . . . . . 12 



Notes'^ ..... . . . . . . . . . . 13 



Blackbird Shoot — Sea-Pics and Ground-Larks— 

 Homes for Birds — Luther and the Bird-catcher — 

 Dartford Warbler and Dipper. 



Bird-arid-Tree (Arbor Day) .... . . , . 15 



In the Courts . . . . . . . . , _ . . 16 



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