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Bird Notes and News 



expressing the conviction that " as the plumage 

 trade is among the worst of the sweated 

 trades, the restrictions imposed in the Bill, 

 far from causing unemployment, would lead, 



through the substitution of decorations other 

 than bird feathers, to an increase of openings 

 for labour under better conditions." Rosalind 

 Countess of Carlisle presided. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



COUNCIL MEETINGS. 



Meetings of the Council were held at the 

 Guildhall, Westminster, on October 22nd and 

 December 10th, 1920, Mr. Montagu Sharpe, 

 K.C. (Chairman), presiding at the former, and 

 Mr. Meade- Waldo (Chairman, Watchers' Com- 

 mittee) at the latter. 



The Hon. Secretary's Reports gave particu- 

 lars of Bird Protection Orders issued for the 

 counties of Monmouth, Nottingham and Kirk- 

 cudbright, the county boroughs of Cardiff, 

 Gainsborough, Huddersfield, Leicester, South- 

 ampton, Wakefield, and Great Yarmouth, and 

 the City of York. Twenty-four lectures had 

 been given. The results of the Bird and Tree 

 Challenge Shield Competitions were reported, 

 together with those of a similar competition 

 among private schools at Hove, organised by 

 Miss K. Close. A second impression of the 

 Society's Greeting Card "The Sea-blue Bird," 

 painted by Mr. Roland Green, had been called 

 for. 



The Statement of Accounts presented by the 

 Finance and General Purposes Committee 

 included legacies of £20 and £25 respectively 

 under the wills of Miss T. C. Dittrich and Miss 

 F. Baylis. Allusion was made to the loss 

 sustained by the death of Miss Blanche Hartley, 

 for fifteen years Hon. Secretary for Carlisle, and 

 always a ready and sympathetic co-worker ; 

 and the following appointments were con- 

 firmed : Carlisle, Miss Coulson ; Oxford, 

 Mrs. Gifford-Ambler ; Southampton, Miss 

 Lettice Macnaghten. The following Fellows 

 and Members were elected : 



Fellows : The Countess of Shaftesbury, Mrs. 

 Barclay, J. F. Coonan, Norman Eadie, H. A. Freeman, 

 Mrs. Hunter Gray, R. E. Heath, Miss A. B. Hodges, 

 Wynnard Hooper, Robert J. Howard, Mrs. Robert 

 Hunter, William Hustler, Mrs. Jefferson, Coryndon 

 Matthews, F. G. Miller, Miss C. Pilkington, George 

 Priestman, Miss Vemer. 



Members : Herbert D. Adams, Miss E. Allison, Miss 

 Bevan, Miss D. Burgess, Miss Cattley, Mrs. Edward Clodd, 

 Mrs. Morris Cochrane, J. Edwin Cooper, Mrs. Parry 



Coi, Miss K. Crosfield, Norman Davy, Miss Duke, Mrs. 

 Enfield, Miss Fripp, Dr. H. Willoughby Gardner, Jliss 

 Mary Gerrard, Mrs. Gifford-Ambler, John Dixon 

 Gibbs, Miss D. Goodwill, Miss Grime, John H. Grant, 

 Miss L. M. Harris, Mrs. Thomas Hardy, Miss Ruth 

 Herbert, Miss C. L. Hill, C. T, Hirst, Miss Hopgood, 

 Miss E. M. Howard, Miss Johnson, Ernest Jackson, 

 Miss Judson, Mrs. Keely, Mrs. Kenwright, T. F. 

 Kynnersley, Dr. Percy R. Lowe, Mrs. Maples, Mrs. 

 Blench Mason, Mrs. M. N. Mitchison, Miss Murphy, 

 H. J. R. Murray, Miss C. Nicol, Miss Nordenson, 

 Charles H. Peppiette, Miss L. Relfe, A. W. P. Robertson, 

 Mrs. Savage-Bailey, Miss Scarth, Miss Shaw, Rev. 

 B. B. Slater, Mrs. Taylor, Miss E. E. Tate, Miss Marie 

 M. Tate, Jas. J. Thomas, Miss Walker, Miss Watson, 

 Miss Violet Welldon, Miss Wells, Miss WJiiff, Mrs. 

 Carlyle Wilkinson, Miss M. N. West, Miss C. Williams. 



Life Membee : Miss Agnes E. Debenham. 



Affiliated : Torquay Natural History Society. 



The Countess of Shaftesbury was elected a 

 Vice-President of the Society, and Mr. Maurice 

 R. Portal a Member of the Council. 



The Watchers' Committee reported on the 

 appointment of Watchers for a large number 

 of areas in England, Wales and Scotland, the 

 issue of a detailed Report on the Watching 

 done in 1919 and 1920, and various matters 

 connected with the protection of the rarer 

 birds ; and on the need for greatly increased 

 support for this branch of the Society's work. 



The Plumage Bill, Macquarie Island, the sale 

 of Larks and other song-birds in provision 

 stores, the protection of Swallows, the Boy 

 Scouts' Bird Warden badge, were among the 

 subjects discussed ; and correspondence con- 

 sidered included muirburn in Scotland, bird- 

 destruction on the coast, the shooting of a 

 White-tailed Eagle in Kent and a Buzzard in 

 Lincolnshire, etc. 



It was stated that the further efforts made 

 by Mr. James Hatch and his oil company to 

 obtain a lease of Macquarie Island for the pur- 

 pose of slaughtering the Penguins are not likely 

 to prove successful in view of the firm attitude 

 taken by the recently-appointed Governor of 

 Tasmania. 



