Vol. VI. No. u. 



BIRD NOTES 

 AND NEWS 



ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



Summer J\(umber, 1 9 1 5 . 



CONTENTS. 



Her Highness the Ranee of Sarawak ... Frontispiece. 



The Keeper's Opportunity 



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Bird-Notes from the Trenches ... ... $-> 



Blackbird's Nest in Field Gun— Robin's Nest in a 

 Dug-out — A Skylark at Neuve Chapelle-r-Birds in 

 the Wood— Pheasants and Magpies — -Tameness of 

 Game-birds in France 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 90 



Council Meeting — Public School Essay Competition. 



Birds in War Time 



92 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day ... ... 93 



Notes ... ... ... ... ... ... 94 



Tentsmuir and its Birds — An Egg-raid — Economic 

 Status of Gulls- Water for Birds — How to make a 

 Bird-bath — The Anti-rly Campaign. 



In the Courts 



96 



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