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BIRD NOTES&NEWS 



THE JOURNAL OF THERoYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 







CONTENTS. 



SPRING NUMBER. 1908. 



HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF 



PORTLAND ... Frontispiece. 



Page 

 Bird-Watchers ..... 1 



The Plume Trade .... 3 



Economic Ornithology ... 4 



Notes ---.---5 

 Plumage Bill — Bird Protection In 

 Australia— In Canada— The Balance 

 of Nature— Tree Planting at Harrow. 



THE EARL OF 8T AM FORD Face p. 6 



The Royal Society for the Protection 



of Birds 6 



Annual Meeting— Council Meetings- 

 Watchers' Fund. 



Bird Protection Orders 7 



Bird and Tree (Arbor) Day 8 



The Young Naturalist - 11 



In the Courts 12 



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