VOL . 3. 



NO. 4, 



BIRD NOTES&NEWS 



THE JOURNAL oF THERoYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



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CONTENTS. 



WINTER NUMBER, 1908. 



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Mr. MONTAGU SHARPE, J. P., D.L. 



Page 

 The Importation of Plumage Pro- 

 hibition Bill 45 



Bird and Tree Challenge Shield Com- 

 petitions ..... 47 



County Challenge Shields — Inter- 

 County Shield. 



The Royal Society for the Protection 



of Birds ..... 51 



Council Meeting— Obituary— Autumn 

 Conference. 



Notes - - 55 



Steel Traps— Economic Ornithology- 

 Raptorial Birds in South Africa— The 

 Spring Migrations. 



In the Courts ..... 56 



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