Vol vrr. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY TH,^ ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTlbN OF BIRDS. 



JVinter ^umher^ 191 6. 



No. 4. 



C:ONTENTS. 



The 



LATE Captain- Tailby 



Bird- Watching ip r^rA 

 Birds jn the Waj Area 

 Economic Ornithology^ . . 



The Windhciver-— Birdsin tlie.-Fields 



Frontis'piece 



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The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Council Meetings— GbItuarj<-^Sotvg Birds as p'ood— 

 Importation of Livi^l^irds^Bird-f rote!c;tion'in Malta. 



The Plumage Trade . . 



Salmon-Flies — Help for i>isa bled Soldiers— MiJlinery 

 and Munitions. - ,- 



Bird-and-Tr^e Challenge Shield Competitions 



Inter-County Shield— County Shields. 



In the Courts ... 



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



