ol. VIII No. 8. 



BIRD NOTES 

 AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Winter dumber, 1919. 



COiNTENTS. 



PAGE 



The New Plumage Bill 57 



General Committee — " The German Badge of Cruelty." 



Notes 59 



Handbook of Birds — "The Indian Humanitarian" — Smuggled Plumage in 

 the Stales — A Rare Visitor— At the Lighthouses — War Memorials — 

 Nesting-box Families. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds . . 60 



Council Meetings — The Penguins of Macquarie Island — Bird Protection in 

 Egypt — Obituary. 



Bird and Tree (Arbor Day) Competition ... ... 62 



Award of Inter-County and County Shields--The Scheme and the Educa- 

 tion Act. 



In the Courts ... ... ... ... ... 64 



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



