WITH SUPPLEMENT. 



Vol. VIII jl ^ No. 7. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Jiutumn tHumber, 1919. 



CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Heligoland ... ... ... ... ... ... 49 



Notes 50 



Bird Preservation in the U.S.A. — New Bird Sanctuaries in Canada — 

 Bullfinches and Bombs — Return of the Gamekeeper — Ratcatchers — 

 The Provision of Nesting-Boxes — Garden Aviaries. 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... ... ... 51 



Birds Versus Poison-Sprays — The Little Owl. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ... 52 



The Plumage Trade ... ... ... ... 53 



Deputation to the President of the Board of Trade — Memorial to the 

 Government — Why the Bill was Lost — City Firm's Testimony — 

 " A Remunerative Trade." 



SUPPLEMENT. 

 Report of the Departmental Committee on Bird Protection. 



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



