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Vol. V. No. 8. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



li"^ inter U^mber^ ^9*3* 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Some Victims of the Plume-Trade , . Frontis-piecc. 

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



Some Victims of the Plume-Trade , . ... 1 1 -^ 



The Traffic in Birds' Plumage . . . , 1 1^ 



Opinion on the Continent. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . 117 



Council Meetings — Bird Protection at Lighthouses — 

 Public School Essay Competition — The Wild Birds' 

 Protection Acts — The Destruction of Swallows in 

 Fr.ince — Bird Protection in Italy. 



Bird Protection in Ital\ 1 20 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day . . . . . . 121 



Inter-County Competition — County Ch.illcnge Sh'ieid>^ 

 —Open Class. 



In ihe Courts . . . . . . . . . . 127 



rilLE-PAGK AND INDEX TO VOL. V. 



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