^ol. VIII. No. 4. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



IV inter 9{umber^ 1 9 1 8 . 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



The First Flying Corps ... ... ... ... 25 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... 27 



The Food of Certain Wild Birds— The Wood-Pigeon 

 — Our Friend the Owl. 



Tlie Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 28 



Council Meetings — Obituary — Penguin-Oil. 



The Plumage Trade ... ... ... ... 29 



Birds in the War Area ... ... ... ... 29 



Notes ... ... ... 30 



Bird-and-Tree Challenge Shield Competition 31 



Inter-County Shield — County Shields. 



Nesting-Boxes for Birds ... ... ... ... 32 



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



