^o'- X No. 7. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn U\Cumber, 1923. 



COiNTENTS. 



Young Peregrine Falcon. 



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The Falcons of Great Orme's Head ... ... 97 



The Protection of the Peregrine, by Lord Lilford, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 Mr. Meade-Waldo, and Mr.'T. A, Coward 



The Wild Birds Protection Bill ... ... ... 99 



The Existing Acts and the new Bill— How the Acts have been utilised 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 1 04 



Council Meeting — The late Mr. W. H. Hudson 



Reservoirs as Bird Sanctuaries ... ... ... 1 06 



The Pole-Trap ... ... .,, ... 106 



Notes ... ... ... ._ ... 107 



Peregrines and Pigeons— The fate of the Heath Hen— Sparrows of 

 Newcastle Cathedral — Utility of the Lapwing 



The Plumage Trade ... ... ... ... 1 08 



Economic Ornithology... ... ... ... 109 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition ... 11 



What Teachers say— Rural Science in Schools— Roadside Tree Planting 



In the Courts ... ... ... ... 112 



Now Ai/t/ressi 



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