THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION " OF BIRDS.
[To !ME EDITOR or rag " SPECTATOR.")
- Sin,—At the present time dead plover may be seen strung up for sale in the ponitarers' shops, while plovers' eggs are also to be had. In one shop I noticed a dead plover placed on the artificial nest which contained plovers' eggs. This is surely, even from the lowest point of view, a foolish proceeding, for whereas the dead bird sells for eighteenpenco the eggs are at present fetching a much higher sum. Now, the plover is one of the most useful birds from the farmer's point of view, and I am sure that I shall have your 'sympathy in appealing to your readers to assist the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in its campaign for the better protection of this and other useful and charming birds. The society is at present much straitened for funds and is in great need of new members and associates. The subscription is a very small one, five shillings for a member and one shilling for an associate. There are many bird-lovers who. read the Spectator. They would be
brought in touch with a work of very great interest to them by joining the Bird Society, and would have the satisfaction of feeling that they were doing something to help in the protec- tion of useful birds. But for the society's watchers many rare birds would by this time be extinct. The society is at this moment anxious to extend protection to the migrants which have already begun to arrive by providing perches on the lighthouses, which prevent the birds from dashing themselves to destruction against the light. All such efforts for the protec- tion of birds require funds. The address of the society is Queen Anne's Gate, London, S.W.—I am, Sir, Asc., BIRD LOVER..
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