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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The quarterly meeting of the Council was held 

 at the Guildhall, Westminster, on July 16th, 

 1920, Mr. Montagu Sharpe, K.C., Chairman, 

 presiding. 



The Hon. Secretary's report referred to the 

 heavy loss sustained by the Society in the death 

 of Canon Rawnsley, a Vice-President. Bird 

 Protection Orders, largely dealing with the 

 further protection of the Lapwing, had been 

 issued for Gloucestershire, Hampshire, West 

 Suffolk, Breconshire, Wigtown, co. Dublin, 

 and the County Boroughs of Birkenhead, 

 Bradford, Chester, Coventry, Dewsbury, Hali- 

 fax, Leeds, Reading, Rothcrham, and Sheffield. 

 Seven lectures illustrated by the Society's slides 

 had been given, and five Bird and Tree Festivals 

 held. Through the kindness of the Ulster 

 S.P.C.A. the Society had an exhibit of leaflets, 

 etc., at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Show. 



The quarter's accounts were presented by the 

 Finance and General Purposes Committee. 

 The appointments of Mr. W. B. Urwin as Hon. 

 Secretary for Birmingham, Miss Esme Tinne 

 for Farnham, and Mrs. Barne for North Oxford- 

 shire, were confirmed ; and Mr. R. S. Moreau 

 was appointed Hon. Secretary in Egypt. The 

 following Fellows and Members were elected : — 



Fellows : Sir Godfrey Baring, Bart., Howard 

 Brooks, Miss Calley, Mrs. Fennell, Mrs. Edward Foster, 

 Viscount Hambleden, Lady George Nevill, H. W. 

 Payne, Miss Esm6 Pigott, W. H. Savory, Mrs. Watson, 

 P. "C. A. Wiggall. 



Members : Mrs. Alexander, Miss Gerradine E. 

 Barber, G. W. Bennett, Miss Blackden, Mrs. Carey, 

 Herbert G. Cornish, A. F. Craig, Mrs. Crauford 

 Crichton, Mrs. Cruttwell, M. S. Curtler, Mrs. Drury, 

 Mrs. Edwards, Mrs. Fidler, H. T. Griffin, Mrs. Haworth- 

 Booth, Miss Constance Hill, Miss Mabel K. Howat, 

 Miss M. S. Johnston, F.G.S., F.R.G.S., A. C. Knight, 

 Miss E. Masham, Mrs. H. E. Master, Mrs. Miiller, 

 Miss Gladys G. Norman, Bertram Pickard, Mrs. Poole, 

 D. J. Preston, Mrs. W. Restall, Mrs. Rigg, Miss Vere 

 Ptoberts, Mrs. D. I). Robertson, Rev. A. Scott, W. F. 

 Shrimjiton, Miss M. C. Stirrat, Mrs. Tallentire, Miss 

 Esm^ W. Tinne, W. B. Urwin, Miss Vera E. Vansittart, 

 Dr. W. B. Winckworth, Edward 0. Windel, Henry 

 Wood, Francis Worsley. 



Life Member : John R. Menzies. 



It was noted that not only Wales, Scotland, 

 and Ireland, but Ceylon and Mesopotamia were 

 represented by new Members. Viscount Guilla- 

 more was elected a Vice-President of the Society. 

 The Plumage Bill, the representation of the 

 Society on the Central Advisory Committee 

 under the W.B.P. Acts, and the trade in cage- 



birds were among the subjects discussed ", 

 and attention was drawn to the proceedings of 

 an egg-collecting association, calling itself the 

 " World Museum of Birds' Eggs," in California. 

 Correspondence had taken place with regard to 

 the attempted nesting of a pair of Bee-eaters at 

 Musselburgh, and the illegal trapping of a 

 Buzzard and Falcon on Mull. 



ORNITHOLOGICAL ADVISORY 

 COMMITTEE. 



In accordance with the recommendations of 

 the Departmental Committee on the Protection 

 of Wild Birds, the Home Secretary has 

 appointed a Central Advisory Committee to 

 advise the Home Office on matters connected 

 with the administration of the Wild Birds 

 Protection Acts. The Committee, it may be 

 remembered, recommended the immediate 

 setting up of such a body ; that the new Bill (the 

 character of which they suggested) should be 

 drafted by its advice ; and that its work should 

 include collecting and classifying of information, 

 investigation of the food of birds, advice on the 

 making of Orders, etc., and the extension and 

 encouragement of educational and propagandist 

 work by means of popular articles in newspapers 

 and magazines, lectures, the promotion of 

 " Bird Day," etc. It was further recommended 

 that the members be nominated by the Home 

 Office, the Scottish and Iiish Ofiices, the Depart- 

 ments of Agriculture, and the Royal Society 

 for the Protection of Birds. The Committee 

 appointed, however, concerns England only 

 (others being appointed for Scotland and 

 Ireland), and consists of representatives of the 

 R.S.P.B. (Mr. Montagu Sharpe, K.C., Chairman 

 of Council), the Natural History Museum (Dr. 

 Percy Lowe), the Ministry of Agriculture 

 (Mr. H. G. Maurice), and the British Ornitholo- 

 gists' Union (Mr. E. C. Stuart Baker, Secretary). 

 The Chairman is the Duke of Rutland, who is a 

 Vice-President of the R.S.P.Bt, and presided 

 over its annual meeting last March. 



The Scottish Committee is to consist of Mr. 

 Hugh S. Gladstone (Chairman), Dr. Eagle Clarke 

 (Royal Scottish Museum), Dr. W. E. CoUinge, 

 Mr. H. M. Conacher (Board of Agriculture for 

 Scotland), Mr. H. J. Crowe (Fishery Board for 

 Scotland), and Professor J. Arthur Thomson. 

 Dr. Eagle Clarke has for some years acted as 

 advisor to the Scottish Office on the subject. 



