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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Royal Society for 

 the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 

 The Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the 

 Society was held at No. 3, Hanover Square, W., 

 on April 19th, 1907, when there were present : Mr. 

 Montagu Sharpe (Chairman), Mr. Ernest Bell, 

 Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Hon. Alfred Dobson, Miss 

 C. V. Hall, Mr. F. King, Mrs. F. E. Lemon, Mr. 

 Meade-Waldo, Miss L. Pollock, Captain Tailby, 

 Mr. Trevor-Battye, Mrs. Owen Visger, Mr. F. E. 

 Lemon (Hon. Secretary), and Miss Gardiner 

 (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary reported that the Annual 

 Report, together with the account of the Annual 

 Meeting, had been printed, and was being circu- 

 lated among all the Fellows, Members, and 

 Associates of the Society, with an appeal to them 

 to make the work better known and enlist fresh 

 support. Twenty-four lectures had been given 

 since January 25th, and a number of additional 

 Bird and Tree Festivals had been held in Bedford- 

 shire, Bucks, Cumberland, and Hampshire. The 

 entries for the Bird and Tree (Arbor) Challenge 

 Shield Competitions for 1907 were fairly satis- 

 factory, except in Berkshire, where the Shield may 

 have to be withdrawn on account of lack of com- 

 petition, in spite of the retirement from the field of 

 Buckland, the champion team. New rules for the 

 Inter-County Competition had been issued. The 

 General Purposes Committee reported that the 

 Rev. A. L. Hussey, lately member of Council, had 

 accepted the office of Vice-President, and certain 

 changes among the Hon. Local Secretaries were 

 confirmed. Mrs. W. Nicholson, of Basing Park, 

 Hampshire, was elected a Fellow, and twenty-five 

 members were elected as follows : — 



Miss E. Allport, Lady Muriel Boyle, Captain 

 Crawshay, Miss D. Cruikshanks, Mrs. J. C. Drum- 

 mond, Alfred East, A.R.A., and Mrs. Sharpe 

 (London), Mrs. Hollis Briggs (Derby), Mrs. A. 

 Brown (Higher Broughton), Alexander Bruce 

 (Pollokshields), Miss Cambridge (Weymouth), 

 Alexander Campbell (Hankham), Hon. Mrs. Claud 

 Corfield (Derby), F. E. Dudgeon (Alton), Rev. 

 E. H. Elers (Lymington), Mrs. E. Fuller (Norwich), 

 W. G. Goosey (Kettering), W. H. Hamilton 

 (Kirknewton, N.B.), H. G. Johnson (Winchester), 

 Miss C. M. Oakeley (Dover), Miss A. Roby Prince 



(Matlock), Miss L. Roberts (Buckingham), Mrs. J. 

 Reid (Surbiton), A. G. E. Rogers (Totteridge), Mrs. 

 Townley Woodman (Crickhowell). 



Some discussion took place with regard to a 

 scheme advocated by the Museum Sub-Committee 

 of the Federal Conference on Education, held 

 under the auspices of the League of the Empire, by 

 which it is proposed to establish an inter-change of 

 " collections " of natural objects between schools 

 of the Empire. It was reported that there had 

 been correspondence with the Hon. Secretary of 

 the League, and a strong hope was expressed that 

 if any such scheme was promulgated birds and 

 birds' eggs at least should be definitely excluded 

 from all collections by school children. It was 

 decided to leave further steps in the matter to be 

 taken by members of the Council who are also 

 connected with the League. 



Bird Protection Legislation, more particularly 

 as regards the doubtful and unsatisfactory points 

 in the present Acts, was discussed, and it was 

 arranged to form a special committee for the 

 consideration of these matters, and of any pro- 

 posals for consolidating or amending the Acts. 



It was agreed to send a letter from the Society 

 to the Colonial Premiers now in England on the 

 subject of Bird Protection in the respective 

 Colonies represented. 



The Secretary reported having attended a 

 meeting of the Garden City Association at 

 Letchworth and written a letter to the local 

 Citizen on the subject of Bird Protection in Garden 

 City ; the Directors of Garden City, Limited, and 

 the residents generally appear very sympathetic 

 with the cause, and it is hoped that Norton 

 Common and Letchworth Park may be made 

 protected areas. Other business was also before 

 the meeting. 



HON. LOCAL SECRETARIES. 



Miss B. S. Hart, of 36, Snowden Place, Stirling, 

 succeeds Mr. T. Arthur, resigned, as H.L.S. for 

 Stirling. 



Mr. W. Lock-Mellersh, of "The Gryphons," 

 Cheltenham, becomes H.L.S. for North Gloucester- 

 shire. 



Miss Tate, of Bank House, Acklington, becomes 

 H.L.S. for Northumberland. 



The Hon. Secretary will be glad to hear from 

 ladies or gentlemen willing to act as Hon. Local 

 Secretaries or Correspondents of the Society in 

 districts not already represented. 



