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NO. 8. 



BIRD NOTES&NEWS 



THE JOURNAL oF THERoYAL SOCIETY 

 FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS. 



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CONTENTS. 



WINTER NUMBER. 1911. 



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NESTS OF TIT AND MAGPIE. 



Page 



The Story of Bird Protection, Part VIII. 85 



Economic Ornithology - - - - 87 



The Sea-GuU— The. Starling. 



The Plume-Trade - - - - 89 



H.H. the Queen and Aigrettes. 



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



The Royal Society for the Protection 



of Birds 90 



Council Meetings— Reception— Obituary 

 —Public School Competition— Nest- 

 ing-Boxes. 



Notes 92 



National Collections — Museums and 

 Museums— Bird Slaughter in Italy- 

 Bird Destruction in Britain- Catch- 

 ing and Caging— "Recently Taken " 

 —The Ethics of Caging— Enhancing 

 the Display. 



Books Received - - ... 91 



Food Tables for Birds - - - - 96 



In the Courts ..... 96 



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