INDEX. 



Abertirlinshire, Rfoks iii, 21 



Agriculiure and Birds, 21, 43^ ^ji 64, 81 



Alden, Mr. P., M.P., Plumage Bill, 11, 52 



Aldous, Mr. A. E., 43, 56 



Alexander, Lieut. Boyd, 20 



"Artificial" Ospreys, 29 



Americi, South, Egrets of, 51 



Arbor Day. See Bird-and-Tree Day 



Astley, Mr. H. D., 92 



Audubon Societies and the Plume-Trade, 16 



Australia and the Plume-Trade, 70 



Australia, Bird and Arbor Day, 45 ; Bird Protection, 43 



Aviary, An outdoor, 43 - 



Balfour of Burleigh, Lord, 62 



Bearfied Tit, 57 



Becker, Miss Lydia, 26 



Bedford, The Duke of. Frontispiece 



Bird-and-Tree (Arbor Day) Competitions and Festivals, 



7. 23, 35, 45, 55, 82, 89 ; in Australia, 45, 89 ; 



for France, 5, 46 

 Bird-catching, 20, 22, 67, 74, 93. See In the Courts 

 Bird-dealers, 5, 66, 93 

 Bird-feeding, 44, 96 



"Bird Protection and the Feather Trade," 77 

 Bird Protection Orders, 12, 59, Si, 90 

 Bird Protection, Story of, i, 14, 26, 37, 49, 61, 73, 85 

 Bittern, 12 

 Black and White, 65 

 Blinding Song-Birds, 5, 95 

 "Blue-Bird," 4 



Books Received, 11, 20, 47, 60, 94 

 Bourget, Dr., on Agriculture and Bird Protection, 81 

 Brighton Downs, Bird-catching on, 20 

 British Association, 26, 61 

 Brussels, Millinery Exhibition, 5 

 Bulbs and Birds, 52 

 Burdett-Coutts, Baroness, 37 

 Buxton, Rt. Hon. Sydney, 74 

 Caging of Birds, 5, 22, 65, 93 

 Carlisle, The Earl of, 67 

 Canada, 5, 65 

 Cawdor, The Earl, 54 

 "Chanticler Bow," 16 

 Clergy and the " osprey," 4 

 Colam, J., 19 

 Collections, National, 90 

 Collins, Colonel Arthur, 91 

 Collings, Mr. Jesse, 69 

 " Common Weeds of Farm and Garden," 21 

 Congress, International Ornithological, 13 

 Cordeaux, J., 75 

 Coulson, Colonel Lisle, 67 

 County Councils Association, 61 

 Courts, In the, 12, 23, 36, 48, 60, 72, 84, 96 

 Crichton-Brown, Sir J., 34 - 

 Dalhousie, Lord, 15 



Dillwyn, Mr., 14 



Dilke, Sir Charles, 54, §S 



Dodsworth, Mr. P. T. L., yb 



Donations to the R. S. P. B., 66 



Dresser, Mr. H. E., Portrait, /a*:^ page 13 



Duicher, Mr. W., 16 



Eagle, Golden, 31 



Eagle, White-tailed, shot, 68 



Economic Ornithology, 21, 33, 41, 52, 64, 81 



Eggs, Protection of, 3, 61, 73 



Egrets of Venezuela^ 39, 51 ; Florida, 28; India, 76. 

 See Plume-Trade and " Story of the Egret " 



" Feathers and Facts," 50 



Feeding the Birds, 96 



Ferguson, late Rev. J., 54 



Flower v. Watts, 12, 22, 23 



Folkestone Warren, 68 



France, Bird-and-Tree Day or, 5, 46 



Gaiety Theatre and " ospreys," 58 



Gamble, Rev. 11. R., 4 



Gamekeepers and Bird Protection, 33, 41 



Germany, Anti- Plumage League, 89 



Graz Zoological Congress, 68 



Grassholm, 61 



Great Crested Grebe, 71 



Gulls, 26, 34, 44, 59, 88 



Harvie-Brown, Mr. J. A., 75 



Herbert, Hon. Auberon, 3 



Herschell, Lord Chancellor, 62 



Hertfordshire, Owls in, 41 ; Pole-Trap conviction, 24 



Hewitt, Dr. Gordon, 5, 43, 65 



Herons at the Poulterers', 94 



Holly Berries and Birds, 44 



Holland and Plovers' eggs, 64 



Hoopoe, Shooting a, 48 



Hornsea Mere, 57 



Hull Naturalists' Society, 59 



Humming-Birds, 70 



Inchmickery. See Watchers Supplement 



Innes, Dr., 17 



International Ornithological Congress, 13 



Importation of Plumage Prohibition Bill, 40 



India and the Plume-Trade, 40, 76 



Inspectors, The Society's, 20, 67. Sec Watchers 

 Supplement. 



Ireland and the Bird Protection Act of 1896, 86 



Irish Constabulary and the Bird Protection Act, 86 



Italy, Bird Destruction in, 92 



James, Mr. Walter, 61 



Kestrel and Sparrow-Hawk, 56 



Kittiwakes, Destruction of, 2, 26 



Lancashire Farmers' Association, 21 



Lantern Entertainments, 46 



Lapwing, Protection of, 4, 21, 64, 75 ; " The Lapwing's- 

 Nest," 56 



Larks, for the Table, 44 



Lecky, Mr. W. E., on Feathered Millinery, 58 



