TABLE OF CONTENTS.-YOLUME 



IV. 



No. l.-SPRING NUMBER, March. 1910. 



The Duke of Bedford, K.G. Frontispiece. 



The Story of Bird Protection, Part I. 



Notes 



The Annual Meeting. Protection of Lapwing. 



Clergy and the " Osprey." Blue Birds. 



The Palace Pageant. The Bird Shop. 



Notes from Abroad. 

 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 



Annual Meeting. Council Meeting. 



Bird-and-Tree Day Festivals . - - . 

 Books Received ...... 



The Plume-Trade 



In the Courts 



Bird Protection Orders 



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No. 2.— SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1910. 



Mr. II. E. Dresser, F.Z.S. 



International Ornithological Congress - - 13 



The Story of Bird Protection, Part II. - - 14 



The Plume-Trade .--.-- 16 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 18 



Council Meeting. Obituary. 



Bird-catching in Close Time. 



Books Received .---.. 20 



Economic Ornithology .... 21 



Notes - 22 



Bird-catching and liird-selling. The Cry of the Trade. 



Gold Medal Essay Competition. 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - . . . 23 



In the Courts ------- 23 



No. 3.-AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1910. 



Mr. Lin ley Samhoukne. 



Mr. Linloy Sambourne and the Birds - - 25 



The Story of Bird Protection, Part III. - - 26 



The Plume-Trade ------ 27 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 30 



Council Meeting. 



Bird Watching id 1910 31 



Economic Ornithology . . - - - 33 



Notes 34 



Gulls and Fish. Nesting-Boxes. 



In Switzerland. 



Bitd-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - - . - 36 



In the Courts ------- 35 



No. 4.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1910. 



The Protection of Owls 



The Story of Bird Protection. Part IV. - - 37 



The Plume-Trade -..-.. 35 



Economic Ornithology - - - - - 41 



The Royal Society lor the Protection of Birds - 42 

 Council IMeeting. Public Schools Essay Com- 

 petition. 



Notes - - 43 



Government Bird-Protection. The Useful Tit. 



LarKS. The Harvest of the Sea. 



Bird-Friends. The Out-door .\viary. 



Birds and Holly Berries. 

 Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day - . . . 45 



Lantern Enterlainn.ents ----- 46 



Books Received -..-.- 47 



In the Courts 48 



No. 5.— SPRING NUMBER, March, 1911. 



YouNc; Kestrel : Nest and Eggs. 



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The Story of Bird Protection, Part V. 

 The Plume-Trade ----- 

 Economic Ornithology .... 

 The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



Annual Meeting. Council Meeting. 



Obituary. Public-School Competition. 



The Protection of Crops. 

 Public-School Essays - - - - • 55 



Notes 57 



A National Sanctuary. Rnre Birds in Vorkshire. 



Mr. Lecky among the " Senli- " Ospreys " on the Stage, 

 mentalists." Birds in the Park. 



The Return of the Migrants. Bird Protection Orders. 

 In the Courts 60 



No. 6. -SUMMER NUMBER, June, 1911. 



The Right Hon. 

 Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bari. 



The Story of Bird Protection, Part VI. - - 61 



Economic Ornithology - - - . . 64 



Bird-and-Tree Day ..... 65 



The Royal .Society for the Protection of Birds - 66 



Council Meeting. Obituary. 



Bird-Catching. 



Notes - 68 



The Killing of Rare Birds. The Wild-life of Britain. 



National Reservations. Nature Study in Schools. 



Our Country Lanes. Ttie New Forest. 



Books Received ...... 69 



The Plume-Trade 70 



Public-School Essays 71 



In the Courts ------- 72 



No. 7.— AUTUMN NUMBER, September, 1911. 



" The Story of tub Egret." 

 The Story of Bird Protection, Part VII. - - 73 



The Plume-Trade 76 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Bird.-. - 79 



Council Meeting. The Egret Poster. 



The Lecture Season. 

 Economic Ornithology - • - - - 8t 



Bird-and-Tree Da) 82 



In the Courts - - 84 



Supplement : The Work of the Watchers Committee. 



No. 8.— WINTER NUMBER, December, 1911. 



Nests of Tit and Magiie. 

 Tne Story of Bird Protection, Part VIII. ■ - 85 



Economic Ornithology - . - - . ^7 



The Starling. The Sea-Gull. 

 The Plume-Trade .----- 89 



H.M. the Queen and Aigrettes. 

 Bird-and-Tree (Arbor) Day .... 89 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds - 90 



Council Meetings. Reception. 



Public-School Competition. Nestiog-Boxes. 



Obituary. 

 Notes ........ g2 



National Collections. Museums and Museums 



Bird Slaughter in Italy. Catching and Caging. 



" Recently Taken." 



Books Received 94 



Food-Tables for Birds 96 



In the Courts .------ 96 



