INDEX, 



Hampshire Field Club, reeolution r« InMttivoroui 



Birds, 82 

 Harriers, Montagu, on Somme Marahea, 81 

 Harvie-Brown, Mr. J. A., death of, 34 

 Hawkings, Mr. J., death of, 85 

 Hewitt, Dr. Gordon, 38, 112 

 Hobbies shot in Leicestershire, 48 

 Hopkinson, Professor, on Rooks and Woodpigeons, 



101 

 Homaday, Dr. W. T., 38. 50, 100, 102, 1 12 

 House of Commons, question re Sparrow Clubs, 82 ; 



re importation of plumage, 102 

 House-Martins, colony of, 37 



Hudson, W. H., on Ants and Birds, 23 ; 

 Breeding-range of Nightingale, 78 ; Grey 

 Squirrel, 85 

 Importation of live birds prohibited, 39 ; of plumage, 



4,29,50,102,109 

 India, illegal trade in plumage, 20 

 Insect Plagues in 1917,83,93,95 

 In the Courts, 8. 24, 40, 56, 88 

 International Bird-Protection Treaty, S| 

 Ireland, Children and birds in, 103 

 Isle of Wight Ravens, 43 

 Jackdaw and aeroplane, 105 

 " Jardins Voli^res, Les," 68, 09 

 Jones, Mr. E. Pumell, 17 

 Keepers and bird-protection, 25, 60 

 Kestrels and game, 29 ; or Windhover, 46 ; food 

 of, 21,29; illegal possession, 88 ; in an east- 

 end market. 111 ; in Macedonia, 40, 92 

 Lapwing, " The Fanner's Ally." 1 17 

 Laysan Island, plume-trade poacher* on, f 

 Leaflet Fund, 113, 114 

 Legacies to the Society, 48, 80, 96, 111 

 " Life in a Pine Wood," 23 

 Lighthouses, Bird-Perches at, 97, 113 

 Little. W. Waldegrave, on Birds in the war area, 18 

 Lucas, The late Lord, 69 

 Macedonia, Bird-notes from, 40, 77, 92 

 MacLellan, Mr. J. W., 17 

 Magpiea and game, 27 ; killed for millinery, 60 

 Maitland, Mrs. Fuller, on Immigratioo of Thrushes, 

 7 



Malta, Bird-Protection laws, 32, 60 



Hasefield, Captain Charles, the late, 98 



Mayo, Lady, on Song-birds as food, 18 



Mediterranean Shearwater, 



Merlin and Grouse, 95 



Methuen, F.M. Lord, on birds, 09 



Migrator}- Birds, Protection of, 38, i'h 113 : Board 

 of Agriculture's edict, 101 ; International 

 Treaty, 38, 112 



Moeking-Biid, breeding range of, 78 



Monro, Lance-Sergt. Hector, on Birds ia War 

 Area, 44 



Morley, R., on destruction of small birds, 83 



Murray, Hon. Gladys Graham, on " Ths Wind- 

 hover," 46 



Neill, J. J., on Birds in Ireland, 103 



Nesting-Boxes, 21, 37, 70 



Nests, destruction of, by children, 24, 74, 71 



Neuchatel, proposed aviary, 69 



^ei* York Tribune on value of bird-life, 39 



Nightingales in Flanders, 14; in the Balkans, 91 



Norfolk Education Committee oa Bird and Tn* 

 work, 51 



Notes, 0, 20, 30, 69, 84. 100, 119 



Obituary, 6, 17, 33, 49, 97, 113 



Obtermt on " Sparrow Clubs," IIS 



Oldham and Ashton Bird-Protection Society, 40 

 Oldys, H., on breeding range of birds, 78 

 Orkneys, birds of, 43 

 Orioles in France, 2, 14 



Owls, daylight hunting by, 21 : Ettates Gazette on 



food of , 21 : in the Trenches, 3 ; Keepers 



and, 28 ; for sale in Oxford market, 40 ; 



shot at Heage, 8 



Pearson, Gilbert, on bird-sanctuaries, 37 ; Birds 



in War-time, 94 

 Pennell, Commander H , R.N., death of, 17 

 Perrier, M., on utility of birds, 59 

 Petrograd Society of Naturalists, 30 

 Phillips, Mrs. E., death of, 33 

 Pigeon-story, A, 80 

 Pike, Oliver G.,on Birds in the War area (France), 



107 

 Plover, value of the. 117 



Plumage, importation of. Resolution at Annual 

 Meeting. 4 ; Resolution of British Museum 

 Trustees, 19 ; Prohibited, 07 ; Cor- 

 respondence with Board of Trade, 102, 109 ; 

 Smuggling, 5, 19, 102: Illegal Trade in 

 India, 19 ; Exhibits at a National Museum, 

 19 

 Plume-Trade. 6, 19, 60, 67. 102, 109 

 Poisoned Grain, 76, 84, 87 

 Poisonous Weed-killers, 21 



Portal, Sir Wm., on Destruction of small birds, 82 

 Postgate, Miss Isa, 70, 101 

 Public School Essay Competition, 6, 9 

 Quails, trade in, 03 



" Random Notes from France and Belgium," 90 

 Rare Birds, Protection of, 41 ; trade in. Ill 

 Rat Plagues and Birds, 21 

 " Reserve, In an English," 79 

 Richardson, J. C, on Bird life in the Balkans, 91 

 Rive, Mile de la, on " Les Jardins Volitees," 66 

 Robin, American, breeding range of, 7H 

 Robin, caging by German prisoners, 09 

 Rook, food of, 12 

 Routledge, Mrs. Seoresby, 30 

 Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Annua 

 Meetings, 4, 64 ; Council Meetings, 5, 16, 32, 

 48, 64, 80, 90. 112; Circular Letter r« us« 

 of Air-Guns, 34. r* Destruction of Birds. 81 ; 

 Correspondence with Board of Agriculture, 

 74, with Board of Trade, 109 ; Changes on 

 Council, 100 : legacies. 48, 80, 90, 112 

 Russia, Bird-Protection in. 06, 79 

 Salmon-Fliee, substitute for feathers in making, 07 

 Sandpiper, Green, 111 

 " School Snipe, The," 103 

 Schools, humane teaching ia, 113 

 Scotland, Crested Tit and Gannet in, 36, 43 

 Sheffield Telegraph on destruction of Birds, 83 

 Shetland, Birds of. 42, 43 

 Shipton. Capt.. on Birds and aeroplanes, 106 

 Skylark, economic position of. 58 ; caging of, 17 

 Snipe in Cheshire, 22 ; at a Norfolk School, 103 

 Soldiers and Bird-destruction, 84 ; suggested 



employment for disabled, 60 

 Song-Birds as food, 18, 49 

 Sparrow-Clubs, 73, 75, 81, 84, 97, Hi 

 Squirrel. American, 85 

 Starling, food of, 12; roosting habits, 22 ; in the 



War-area. 16 

 Stoke d'Abemon Sparrow-club, 97 

 Studman. late Mr. H., 17 

 Swallows ia Wmr-mnm, 91 



