. Bird notes and news . Hantswas among the speakers; trees were planted,Mrs. Chichester presented the awards, andMrs. Suckling gave additional , Dosthill, and the Frome BoysSchool held celebrations on December 11,Mancetter, Newburgh, and Privett (amongothers) on December 23. The regulations and entry-forms for 1915will be issued early in the year, and thetime for entries will be extended. NESTING-BOXES ANDBIRD TABLES. Tree-Hole (Berlepsch principle) and Walden Boxes ; Tables and Trays. All British Made, best designs, strong. Send for Catalogue to the 23, QUEEN ANNES GATE
. Bird notes and news . Hantswas among the speakers; trees were planted,Mrs. Chichester presented the awards, andMrs. Suckling gave additional , Dosthill, and the Frome BoysSchool held celebrations on December 11,Mancetter, Newburgh, and Privett (amongothers) on December 23. The regulations and entry-forms for 1915will be issued early in the year, and thetime for entries will be extended. NESTING-BOXES ANDBIRD TABLES. Tree-Hole (Berlepsch principle) and Walden Boxes ; Tables and Trays. All British Made, best designs, strong. Send for Catalogue to the 23, QUEEN ANNES GATE, 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 Witherbt & Co., 326, High Holborn, , andpublished by the Royal Society for the Protection ofBirds, 23, Queen Annes Gate, BIRD NOTES AND NEWS Vol. VI. No. THE CROSSBILL. From the original Painting by H. Gronvold. Bird Notes & News ISSUED QUARTERLY BY THE ROYAL SOCIETY:: FOR THE PROTECTION OF BIRDS :: Vol. VI. ] SPRING, 1915. [No. 5. On Liberating Caged Birds. By W. H. HUDSON. Some time ago the Secretary of thisSociety sent me a letter received froman English lady in Switzerland, withthe request that I should reply to lady stated that she had seen aCrossbill in a cage in some Italiantown where she was staying, and asthe bird appeared to be in a sadlyneglected condition she bought it withthe intention of giving it its she was just leaving that spot forSwitzerland, she took the bird withher to liberate it in a country wherelittle birds were less persecuted thanin Italy. But at the hotel where shestayed in Switzerland she was toldthat her Crossbill would be persecutedto death by the wild birds : for thatwas their way—they invariably set uponany bird that had been in a to release it, yet ha
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