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fined 20s. and costs for shooting a Bittern. 

 The bird, which had been sent to Sir 

 Edmund C. Nugent, was ordered to be for- 

 feited. Defendant pleaded that he thought 

 it was a duck. 



The Pole Trap in Bucks. — At Chesham, 

 on April 15th, Harry Whitty and Thomas 

 Glenister, gamekeepers, were convicted oi 

 placing Pole-Traps at Chartridge, Chesham. 

 On information supplied by the R.S.P.B., an 

 Inspector of the R.S.P.C.A. visited the place 

 and found four of these cruel and illegal 

 traps, on platforms erected against trees, all 

 baited, and fastened with chains so that 

 a bird caught would probably hang by the 

 leg until it died. The Act has been in force 

 ten years, but such traps continue to be set 



on private land, where discovery is diffi- 

 cult unless private information is given. 

 Defendants were fined 15s. and costs. 



Taking Plovers' Eggs. — At Cheadle, on 

 May 16th, Clement and Wilfred Forrester 

 and Thomas Swinson were fined for taking 

 four Plovers' eggs at Bradley. Two plain- 

 clothes constables had been on the watch, 

 and the Chairman remarked that the taking 

 must be stopped, as the birds were most 

 useful to the farmer, and the trespass in 

 search did a good deal of damage. 



Shooting a Swan. — At Southampton, on 

 April 24th, Herbert Pain was fined the full 

 penalty and costs for shooting: a wild Swan 

 from a boat in Southampton Water. 



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. 



The Government Plumage Bill. Country 

 Life, Dec. 27th, 1913. 



Wild Birds' Plumage. Times leader, 

 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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