SPECIAL PLUMAGE BILL NUMBER. 



VI. No. 1 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Spring ^{umber, 1 9 1 4. 



CONTENTS. 



Sir Sydney Buxton, G.C.M.G. ... Frontispiece 



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 Sir Sydney Buxton and Bird Protection ... I 



The Government Plumage Bill ... 2 



Debate on Second Reading — Division List— In 

 Committee — Public Meeting— Plumage Bill Manifestos 

 Verdict of Scientific Societies — Mr. Charles 

 Rothschild on the •' Economic " Committee. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 17 



\nnual Meeting — Council Meeting — Public School 

 Essay* Competition, 1914— Plumage Bill Fund. 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... 21 



France and the Feather-trade — Ostrich Feathers — 

 Mr. T. M. Healy — Public Bodies.and Bird Protection. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day ... 23 



The f Owl " Prizes— Sir Oliver Lodge on Tree- 

 planting — Children and Bird-nesting. 



Plumage Bill Literature ... ... 24 



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