TABLE OF CONTENTS.— VOLUME VH. 



19X6. 



No 1.— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1916. 



Birds in the War Area .... 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Animal Meeting. Council Meeting. 



Obituary. 



The Plume Trade 



Notes ------- 



The Mediterranean Shear- 

 water. 

 Fieldfares and Hollyberriea 



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Bird Protection in Malta. 

 Matters of Sentiment. 

 Immigration of Birds In 

 Devonshire. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor Day) Festivals - 

 In the Courts ... - - 



No. 2.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1916. 



The Bird as a Flying Machine - - - 9 



Economic Ornithology - - - - 12 



Food of the Book, Starling, and Chaffinch. 



Birds in the War Area - - - - 14 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 1 6 



Council Meeting. Obituary. 



8ong-£iTd8 as Food. 



The Plume Trade 19 



England and the Impor- Smug£;ling in the United 



tation of Plumage. States 



Plume-trade Exhibits in Illegal Trading in India. 



a National Museum. 



Notes 20 



" In a Cheshire Garden " - - - - 22 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor Day) Competitions - 23 



In the Courts ------ 24 



No. 3.— AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1916. 



Game Preservation and the Protection of Birds 



Birds in the War Area - . . . 



The Protection of Birds' Eggs - . - 



Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Council Meeting. The Use of Air-Gam. 



Obituary: Mrs. E. Christmas Card. 



Phillips. 



Notes - 



Bird Protection in Canada - - - - 

 Bird-and-Tree (Arbor Day) Competitions 

 In the Courts ------ 



PAOB 



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 29 

 31 

 32 



36 

 38 

 39 

 40 



No. 4.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1916. 



The Latb Captain Tailby - Frontispiece 



Bird-Watching in 1916 - - - - 41 



Birds in the War Area - - - - 44 



Economic Ornithology - - - - 46 



The Windhover. Birds In the Fields. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 48 



Council Meetings. Obituary. 



Song Birds as Food. Importation of Live Birds. 



Bird Protection in Malta. 



The Plumage Trade 50 



Bird-and-Tree Challenge Shield Competitions 51 



In the Courts ------ 56 



