. Bird notes and news . ges three times as high as the ordinaryones and were a perfect picture. He hadone bird for 17 years, and then it was killedby mice.—The Chairman regretted thatthe complaint had not been made at firstin a neighbourly way, but the nuisance existedand the fine would be 5s. ; if it was notabated the penalty might be £5. No loverof birds would keep a Skylark or other wildbird in a cage. Poisoned Grain. — At Talgarth, secured a conviction against afarmer and his son, of the parish ofLlandefalle, for placing poisoned grain onhis land. A number of dead Rooks andsm
. Bird notes and news . ges three times as high as the ordinaryones and were a perfect picture. He hadone bird for 17 years, and then it was killedby mice.—The Chairman regretted thatthe complaint had not been made at firstin a neighbourly way, but the nuisance existedand the fine would be 5s. ; if it was notabated the penalty might be £5. No loverof birds would keep a Skylark or other wildbird in a cage. Poisoned Grain. — At Talgarth, secured a conviction against afarmer and his son, of the parish ofLlandefalle, for placing poisoned grain onhis land. A number of dead Rooks andsmall birds were picked up on the land,and were found to have eaten grain im-pregnated with strychnine. A fine of £2was imposed in each case. Taking Eider Ducks Eggs.—At NorthBerwick, on June 19th, three youths werefined, one 10s. and two 5s. each, for takingEider-duck eggs on Tyninghame Bents. NESTING BOXES. Revised Catalogue of Nesting-Boxes AND Food-Tables for Wild Birds will be ready shortly. ALL BRITISH Bird Notes and News (issued quarterly) willbe sent post free to any address for Is. per annum,payable in advance : single numbers, 3d. To Members of the Society subscribing 5s. andupwards per annum it is forwarded gratis and postfree. Printed by Withekby & Co., 326, High Holborn, , andpublished by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds23, Queen Annes Gate, S,W. Bird Notes & News ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY:: FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS :: Vol. VI. ] WINTER, 1915. [No. 8. The in War-time.—II. The allotment of so many pages of thepresent number of Bird Notes & Newsto the Societys Bird-and-Tree Competi-tions in elementary schools would not bejustified if this were one of the many planson foot simply for the edification andamusement of children, and for providingthem with prizes. It would not be justi-fied if it were simply a good suggestionfor employing their leisure and holidayhours, and for promoting school andvillage amenities ;
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