No. 7. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn U^mber^ ^9^3- 



CONTENTS. 



The White Heron . . . . . . Frontispiece 



From a Painting by Mr. H. Gronvold. 



PACK 



Government Bill to prohibit Importation 



■ of Plumage . . . . . . . . . . 97 



Bird Protectors v. Plume-Traders . . . . 98 



A Chronology of the fight. 



Prohibition of Importation of Plumage into 



the United States . . . . . . . . 102 



The voice of the Press ; Senator McLean's speech 

 — " Economic " Protection again. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 104 



Council Meeting — Obituary — Protection of 

 Migratory Thirds — Nesting-Boxes. 



Notes .. ■ 107 



The Home Office and Bird - Protection Orders — 

 The Birdcatcher at large — Some suggestions to 

 Bird-lovers — The Police and the Acts. 



Economic Ornithology .. .. .. 108 



Is the Dipper an enemy of Trout I 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day no 



Challenge Shield Competitions — Children and Birds 

 — Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day in Portugal. 



In the Courts . . . . . . . . ..in 



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



