CONTENTS. 



1915. 



No. 5— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1915. 



The Crossbill. 



From a Painting by Mr. H. Grouvold. 



On Liberating Caged Birds 69 



The Birds of Shetland and Orkney - - - 71 



Notes on some Summer Migrants 74 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 76 



Annual Meeting. Council Meeting. 



Belgians and Bird Protection - - - 78 



Notes - 78 



Birds and the War. 



The Gulls that Saved the 



Ship. 

 Forestry and Woodpeckers. 

 Judge Drummond on Bird - 



catching. 



Books Received - 



Sighting an Aeroplane. 

 A Robin in the Trenches. 

 British Homes for British 

 Birds. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day 



Bird-and-Tree Festivals. 

 In the Courts 



81 

 82 



84 



No. 6.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1915. 



Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak. 

 The Keeper's Opportunity 85 



Bird-Notes from the Trenches 87 



Blackbird's Nest in Field 



Gun. 

 Birds in the Wood. 

 Pheasants and Magpies. 



Robin's Nest in a Dug-out. 

 A Skylark at Neuve 



Chapelle. 

 Tameness of Game- birds 



in France. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 90 

 Council Meeting. Public School Essay 



Compe tition. 



Buds in War Time ----- 92 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day 93 



Notes -------- 94 



Tentsmuir and its Birds. An Egg-raid. 



Economic Status of Gulls. Water for Birds. 



How to make a Bird-bath. The Anti-fly Campaign. 



In the Courts - 96 



No. 7. -AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1915. 



Bird-and-Tree Day : Winners of Inter-County 



Challenge Shield, 1914-15. 



The R.S.P.B. in War Time— I. - 97 



The Plume-Trade 



100 



Notes 101 



How the Swallows came 

 back to Belgium. 



Birds and Zeppelins in 

 Norfolk. 



Whitethroats at Maple- 

 durham Lock. 



The Anti-fiy Campaign. 



Birds in the War Area. 

 The Artilleryman and 



the Owl. 

 Effect of Aeroplanes on 



Birds. 

 Unusual Nesting Sites. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 104 



Obituary. 

 Christmas Card. 



Council Meeting 



Public School Competition. 



Economic Ornithology - 

 Tits and Fruit-trees. 

 The Starling. 

 Close-time Protection. 



Bird-and-Tree Competition - 

 Bird-Life on the Lake of Neuchatel 

 Correspondence - 

 In the Courts .... 



106 



The Diamond-backed 



Moth. 

 The Farmer and the Birds. 



- 108 



- 109 



- Ill 



- 112 



No. 8 — WINTER NUMBER, December, 1915. 

 The R.S.P.B. in War Time— II. - - - 113 



Economic Ornithology - - - - - 115 



Woodpeckers and Forestry. Birds and Wireworms. 



Buds and Bullfinches. 

 Notes -------- 116 



Berries for the Birds. Tree-planting in the Parks. 



23,000 Hawks. A Bird Census. 



Larks in Islington. The Cage-bird Traffic. 



Sparrow-Clubs. Rare Bird Visitors. 



Bird Protection in the West Indies - - 118 



Public School Essay Competition - - - 119 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 120 

 Council Meeting. Obituary- 



Bird Protection at the 

 Lighthouses. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - - - - 122 

 In the Courts 128 



