Vol. VI. No. 3, 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



^Autumn ${umber, 1 9 1 4. 



CONTENTS. 



; ' The -Hill of Birds" ... ... Frontispiece 



PAGE 



The Plumage Bill ... ... ... ... 41 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 43 



The Society and the War — Nesting Boxes — Swallows 

 in Shetland — Birds and Anglers — Parasitic Birds — 

 Success of Bird Protection in Egypt— The pious Plover. 



Economic Ornithology ... ... ... 45 



Some Notes on the Utility of Birds — Birds and Fruit. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Bird?. 46 



Council Meeting — Brean Down — Bird-rests at Light- 

 houses — Paris . Exhibition — Obituary. 



The Plume-Trade . . . . . . . . 48 



The Netherlands Society — Birds in South Africa — 

 Canada prohibits Importation — Egrets in Venezuela — 

 Egrets in Egypt — The Solomon Islands. 



Bird Protection in Spain ... ... ... 50 



Birds and Poets ... ... ... ... 50 



Bird-and-Tree Competitions .. . ... ... 51 



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