>1. VIII. No. 5. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Spring ^J\(umber^ ' 9 "^ 9 • 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



What the Birds Said 33 



Mr. Roosevelt and EngHsh Birds... ... ... 34 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... 35 



Birds Beneficial to Agriculture — Pros and Cons — The 

 Catapult — Value of the Magpie — Natural History 

 Museum. 



Tlie Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 36 



Annual Meeting — Council Meeting — Obituary — Bird- 

 Watching in 19 1 8. 



Notes ... ... ... ... 38 



The Plumage Trade 39 



Bird-and-Tree Challenge Shield Competition 40 



Kntry- Forms — Children and Birds — The L.C.C. Schools 

 — Peace and War. 



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