TABLE OF CONTENTS.— VOLUME III 



No. 1.— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1908. 



Her Grace the Duchess of Portland Frontispiece. 



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Bird-Watchers ' 



The Plume Trade - 3 



Economic Ornithology ----- 4 



Notes 5 



Plumage Bill. The Balance of Nature. 



Bird Protection in Australia. Tree Planting at Harrow. 



In Canada. 



The Earl of Stamford - - - - Face p. 6 

 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 6 



Annual Meeting. Watchers' Fund. 



Council Meetings. 

 Bird Protection Orders ----- 7 



Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day ... - 8 



The Young Naturalist 1 1 



In the Courts -12 



No. 2.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1908. 



"A Modern St. Francis." 



The Birdcatcher at Work 13 



Bird Protection Orders 15 



Notes -------- 16 



The B.O.U. and Bird Protec- Wild-Fowling on Navigable 

 tion. Rirers. 



The Purchasing Collector. The Bird Market. 



Bird Protection in Germany. Wild Birds Protection Bill. 

 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 18 



Ccuncil Meeting. 

 The Plumage Prohibition Bill - - - - 20 



The Plume Trade - 23 



In the Courts 24 



No. 3.— AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1908. 



Mr. W. H. Hudson, F.Z.S. 



Wild Birds Protection Act, 1908 25 



The Importation of Plumage Bill - - - 26 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 36 



Council Meeting. Egg Lifting. 



Autumn Conference. 

 Economic Ornithology ----- 3S 



Sparrows and Sparrow Clubs. Sir Herbert Maxwell on the 



" The Feeding Habits of Birds." Sparrow. 

 Notes 40 



The Plumage Importation Bill. " Ospreys " on the Stage. 



Bird Protection in Australia. The Feather Sales. 

 Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day - - - - 42 



Bird Protection Orders ----- 43 



In the Courts - 43 



Books Received ------- 44 



No. i.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1908. 



Mr. Montagu Sharpe, J. P., D.L. 



The Importation of Plumage Prohibition Bill - 45 

 Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Competitions - 47 



County Challenge Shields. Inter-County Shield. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 51 



Council Meeting. Autumn Conference. 



Obituary. 



Notes 55 



Steel Traps. Raptorial Birds in South Africa. 

 Economic Ornithology. The Spring Migrations. 

 In the Courts 56 



No. 5.— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1909. 

 Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day. 



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 60 



"Vermin" 



Economic Ornithology - 



Notes 



Bustards in England. Winter Guests. 



Yorkshire Records. Early Breakfasts. 



London's Birds. A Caged Kestrel. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 62 



Annual Meeting. The Work of the Inspector. 



Council Meeting. Song Recital at Kinnoull. 



The Plume Sales ...... 63 



Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day .... 64 



A Story of Two Thrushes 67 



In the Courts ------- 68 



Bird Protection Orders . .... 68 



No. 6.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1909. 



The Society's New Offices ----- 69 

 Birdcatching in Close Time - - - - 70 



The Plume Trade 71 



Notes • 7 2 



Plume Birds of New South Rare Birds in Britain. 



Wales. The Builder and the Birds. 



The Brush Turkey. 

 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 74 



Council Meeting. Animal Protection Congress. 



Obituary. 

 Economic Ornithology . .... 76 



The Farmers and the Lap- Birds Useful and Harmful. 



wing. The Value of the Rook. 



Bird Protection Orders ----- 78 



Bird-Life in Switzerland ----- 79 



In the Courts ------- 80 



No. 7.— AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1909. 



The Story of the Egret. 



The Pole-Trap Again - - - - - 81 

 The Law of Bird- Protection - - - - 82 

 Bird Protection Orders 83 



Notes 84 



The End of the Close Time. The Traffic in Quails. 



How to Destroy Birds. Bird Sanctuaries. 



Cage- Birds in America. Island Reserves. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 86 



Council Meeting. Obituary. 



The Plume Trade ------ 83 



Economic Ornithology 90 



Sparrows and Sparrow Clubs. The Grower and the Birds. 

 Bird and Tree Day ------ 91 



Arbor Day Pageant. 

 Fish Culture and the Birds ----- 92 

 In the Courts 92 



No. 8.-WINTER NUMBER, December, 1909. 



The Egret's Nest 93 



The Story of the Egret ----- 94 



Appeal to the Mayoresses of England and Wales - 95 



Feeding the Birds 97 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 98 

 Council Meetings. 



Birds and Tree Day 100 



An Evening with the Birds - - - - 104 



