Vol. X. 



No. 8. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Winter dumber, 1923. 



CONTENTS. 



Bittern and Young. 



The late Mrs. Suckling ... ... ..113 



Caged- Bird Shows ... ... )]^ 



An Egyptian Sanctuary ... ... ... 1 1 5 



The Plumage Trade ... I ) (^ 



Bayers and Sellers— Illegal Importation— Plumage Order 



Books Received ... ... 117 



"Rare. Vanishing, and Lo5l British Birds "-" Letters from W. H. 

 Hudson — Birds and their Young 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 120 



S°W-U^*f' "^tT^c"'- ^ Memorial to Mr. Hudson-Obituary-Protection 

 of Wild Life— The Eatmg of Skylarks 



Bird-Feeding ... ... 104 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competition ... 125 



Award of Inter-County and County Shields 



From Correspondents ... ... ... 127 



In the Courts ... ... I2g 



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