INDEX. 



Agriculture, birds useful to, 5, 7, 9, 



12, 19, 30, 43, 57 

 Alsace-Lorraine, 7 

 Aquatic birds, 52, 56 

 Areas, protected, 24, 61 

 Audubon Societies' Model Law, 20, 



27, 32, 34, 39, 62 

 Austria-Hungary, 12, 58 



Baden, 7 



Bavaria, 7 



Bee-eater, 4, 63 



Belgium, 4 



Berlepsch, Baron von, 47 



Birdcatching, methods of, 8, 10, 11, 

 41, 53, 55, 65; licences for, 12, 

 16, 52, 56 ; prohibition of, 8, 11, 

 14, 17, 41 



Bird and Arbor Day, 49 



Bird protection, need of, 51 



Birds of prey, protected, 11, 14; 

 exempted from protection, 2, 3, 

 4, 7, 57, 63 



Bittern, in England, 22 



Blackbird, 6, 11 



Blackcap, 30, 46, 54 



Blasius, Rudolf, quoted, 64 



Bobolink, 20 



Bremen, 7 



Bryce, Right Hon. James, on com- 

 parative legislation, 1 



Bulgaria, 15, 57 



Bullfinch, 33, 46 



Bustard, in England, 22 



Buzzard, 14 



Caging of birds, 11, 59 



Cats, proposed tax on, 60 



Chaffinch, 3, 4, 30, 60, 66 



Channel Isles, 18 



Children, education of, 11, 48, 58 



Conference, International, at Paris, 



6, 9 

 Confiscation of birds and eggs 



illegally taken, 5, 11, 38; of 



traps, etc., 5, 11, 38 

 Close time, 2, 3, 7, 8, 15, 17, 18, 52, 



57 

 Collectors, 22, 26, 40 

 Coot, 7 

 Convention, International, 9, 10, 



11. 13, 15, 23, 26, 32, 41, 61 

 Cormorant, 7, 57 

 Crane, in England, 22 

 Creeper, 3, 6, 8, 11, 14, 64 

 Crossbill, 7, 46, 63 

 Crow, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14 

 Cuckoo, 4, 6, 11, 14, 32, 57 

 Cyprus, 17 



Decoj's, 11, 14, 17, 66 

 Denmark, 3 

 Dijjper, 63 

 Duck, wild, 6, 37 



Economic value of species, 43, 63 

 Education of children, 11, 48, 58 

 Eggs, protection of, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 



10, 11, 13, 18, 21, 26, 37 

 Eider duck, 59 

 Encouragement of birds, 47 



Falcons, 7, 62 



Fieldfare, 3, 4, 7, 11 



Field police, 38 



Finland, 57 



Flycatcher, 3, 14 



Food of birds, systematic study of, 



49 

 France, 9, 55 



Germany, 6 

 Gibraltar, 6 

 Goldfinch, 3, 41, 54, 55 

 Goosander, 7 

 Great Britain, 18, 58 

 Grebes, 7, 57 

 Greece, 15, 57 



Gulls, 3, 7 ; Blackheaded, eggs of, 

 49 



Hawfinch, 8, 35, 63 



Hedge-clipping, restricted, 7 



Heron, 7 



Hesse, Grand Duchy of, 7 



Holland, 5 



Hoopoe, 3, 4, 11, 14, 57 



Hungary, 13 



Importation of Plumage Proliibition> 

 Bill, 28 



Injiu-ious birds, definition of, 29, 63 ; . 

 destruction of, 2, 5, 7, 11 



Insectivorous birds, protection of, 4, 

 5, 11, 13, 14. 19,45, 63; destruc- 

 tion of, 53, 55 



Italy, 15, 42, 52 



Jay, 4 



Jackdaw, 7, 11, 46, 63 



Kestrel, 11, 13 

 Kingfisher, 63 



Legislation in England, proposed 



amendment of, 50 

 Licences for birdcatching, 12, 16, 



52, 65 

 LiGURiA, birdcatching in, 65 



