BIRD NOTES&NEWS 



THE JOURNAL OF THERoYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 





CONTENTS. 



SUMMER NUMBER, 1908. 



"A MODERN ST. FRANCIS." 



Page 

 The Birdcatcher at Work - 13 



Bird Protection Orders 15 



Notei 16 



The B.O.U. and Bird Protection— The 

 Purchasing Collector— Bird Protection 

 in Germany — Wild - Fowling on 

 Navigable Rivera — The Bird Market 

 —Wild Blrdi Proteotlon BUI. 



The Royal Society for the Protection 



of Birds 18 



Council Meeting. 



The Plumage Prohibition Bill - 20 



The Plume Trade .... 23 



In the Courts ..... 24 





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