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who come under your instruction and 

 influence may be entreated this spring to 

 refrain from what is called ' bird-nesting.' 



" Every spring, when the nesting -time 

 comes round, they may be seen day after 

 day searching along the hedge-rows and 

 elsewhere for nests ; and they rifle every- 

 one which they find, often under circum- 

 stances of much cruelty. Thus a great 

 charm of this beautiful country-side is 

 seriously impaired, by the loss of sweet 

 song, when ' the flowers appear on the 



earth and the time of the singing of birds 

 is come ' (Song of Solomon 2, v. 12). 



" Nightingales, which used to be common 

 in this part of Sussex, are now seldom 

 heard, and other interesting and harmless 

 birds are becoming scarce. This cannot 

 be wondered at, when the children, quite 

 regardless of laws which have been passed 

 for the protection of birds, are allowed 

 without check to harry their nests, to take 

 their eggs, and even to wring the necks 

 of the callow nestlings." 



Plumage Bill Literature. 



Those who are following the progress 

 of the Plumage question and wish to obtain 

 publications on the subject may be glad 

 of the following references, which indicate 

 some sources of information : — 



Report of the Select Committee of the 

 House of Lords, 1908, with Minutes of 

 Evidence. Government Blue Book, House 

 of Lords, No. 137 of 1908. (Wyman & 

 Sons.) 



Report of the Debate on the Second 

 Reading in the House of Commons, 

 March 9th, 1914. Parliamentary Debates, 

 Vol. 59, No. 20. (Wyman & Sons.) 



Feathers and Facts : a reply to the Plume- 

 Trade. 1911. (R.S.P.B.) 



Pros and Cons of the Plumage Bill, by 

 James Buckland. 1911. (The Author, 

 Royal Colonial Institute.) 



Protection of Wild Birds in India and 

 Traffic in Plumage. By P. T. L. Dodsworth, 

 F.Z.S. Journal of the Bombay Natural 

 History Society, May 20th, 1911. 



The Plumage Bill, by G. A. B. Dewar. 

 Standard, March 29th and May 3rd, 1911. 



The Trade in Feathers, by Christian 

 Richardson. The Westminster, Toronto, 

 December, 1911. 



Victims of Woman's Vanity, by 

 M. Morrison. Lady's Realm, April, 1910. 

 (Reprinted by the R.S.P.C.A.). 



The Plumage Bill, by Sir H. H. Johnston 

 and Dr. H. O. Forbes. Nature, Dec. 11th 

 and 25th, 1913. 



Country 

 leader, 



The Government Plumage Bill. 

 Life, Dec. 27th, 1913. 



Wild Birds' Plumage. Times 

 Dec. 31st, 1913. 



The Egret, by Bentley Beetham. Country 

 Life, Jan. 10th, 1914. (Reprinted by 

 R.S.P.B.) 



The Plumage Bill. Nation leader, Jan. 

 10th, 1914. 



England's Duty toward Wild Birds, 

 by Dr. W. T. Hornaday and Frank E. 

 Lemon. Nineteenth Century, Feb., 1914. 



The Need for the Plumage Bill. Spectator 

 leader, March 7th, 1914. 



Plumage Campaign Leaflets. 1. The 

 Plume Question in a Nutshell ; 2. The 

 Government Plumage Bill ; 3. Traffic in 

 Birds' Feathers. (R.S.P.B., 1913-14.) 



Slaughtered for Fashion, by H. Hesketh 

 Prichard. Pearson's Magazine, March, 1914. 

 (Reprinted by R.S.P.B.) 



The Fight for the Birds, by L. Gardiner. 

 Fortnightly Review, March, 1914. (Reprinted 

 by R.S.P.B.) 



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