Vol. VI. No. 4. 



BIRD NOTES 



AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



IVinter tJ^umber^ 1 9 1 4. 



Frontispiece. 



pacc 



53 

 55 



56 



CONTENTS. 



Old Green Woodpecker's Nestinc-hole 

 Red-sacked Shrike's Nest and Eggs 



The Preservation of Owls 

 Economic Ornithology 



The Food of the House-Sparrow 



Notes ... 



The French Society for Bird-Protection and the War 

 —Birds in the War Area— Nesting Box-making as a 

 British Industry — Thirlrnere Afforestation Scheme- 

 How Insect Pests are kept down. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 58 



Council Meeting — Bird-rests at Lighthouses — " Bird 

 of Good Omen ** — Public School Essay Competition. 



Books Received ... ... . . 62 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day ... 63 



Inter-County Shield — County Challenge Shields. 



23, QUEEN ANNE'S GATE, LONDON, S.W. 



