Vol. VIIL N 



BIRD NOTES 

 AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Autumn !]\(umber^ 1 9 1 8 . 



CONTENTS. 



Bird Protection in Canada 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... i8 



The Board and its Allies — Birds and Food-crops— The 

 Gooseberry Caterpillar^Woodpeckcrs in Jamaica — 

 The American Food-Controller on Bird Protection. 



The Plumage Trade ... ... ... ... 19 



Boche Fashions — Pennsylvania's new Law — Chinese 

 Pheasant " Farms." 



TJie Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 20 



Council Meeting — Boy Scouts' Competition — Leaflet 

 , Fund. 



Birds in the War Area ... ... ... 21 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 22 



Bird-Lsctufes in Camp and Hospital — Beechmast — An 

 Interned Nest — Buzzards in Wales — In a Cheshire 

 Garden^^ — In a Gloucestershire Garden — The 

 Society's Christmas Card. 



Bird-and-Tree Challenge Shield Competition 23 

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



