Vol. VI. 



No. 2. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Summer !?{umber, 1 9 1 4. 



contents. 



Bird-rests at the Lighthouse ... Frontispiece 



PAGK 



Round the Lighthouse Lantern ... ... 25 



The Plumage Importation Bill ... ... 27 



Economic Ornithology . ... ... 29 



The Swallows — Bird-Protection In the United States 

 — The First Bird Memorial — Sea-Birds and the 

 Fisheries. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 32 



Council Meeting — Bird Protection in Greater Britain 



Notes 34 



Bird Protection in Canada- — "Uglification" of England 

 — The late Sir Henry Scton-Karr — Killing of Larks. 



Public School Essay Competition 35 



Silver Medal Paper. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day 38 



Essay Competition — Society's Cadets — Bird-nesting- 

 Use of the Country 



Plumage Bill Literature ... ... ... 40 



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