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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



COUNCIL MEETINGS 



Meetings of the Council of the Society were 

 held at the Middlesex Guildhall on October 2l8t 

 and December 9th, 1921, Mr. Montagu Sharpe, 

 K.C. (Chairman), presiding. 



The Hon. Secretary's Report stated that 

 Bird Protection Orders had been issued for 

 Cornwall, Dorset, Merioneth, Northants, and 

 Southport. That for Merioneth was the first 

 obtained by this county, and protected only the 

 Lapwing. All the counties in England and 

 Wales now have Bird Protection Orders under 

 the Acts of 1894 and 1896. Twenty lectures 

 had been given, and the Society had had 

 exhibitions of literature and Nesting-Boxes 

 at the World Service Exhibition at Liverpool 

 and at the Cheltenham Animal-Lovers' Fair. 

 The thanks of the Council were accorded 

 to Mrs. J. L. R. Gordon, who superintended 

 the R.S.P.B. stall, and to Mr. W. L. Mellersh 

 and Colonel Pierson, who gave addresses on 

 the Society's work. A letter from the Foreign 

 Ofiice was read respecting the alleged slaughter 

 of Swallows in France, and the protection given 

 to the birds by law in that country. The 

 Judges' decisions in the Bird and Tree Challenge 

 Shield Competition were announced, and also 

 the issue of the Christmas card, and of a new 

 leaflet, " The Tired Traveller," by Mr. W. H. 

 Hudson. Mr. Hudson was thanked for both 

 leaflet and illustration. Arrangements made 

 with Mr, A. H. Moorton for the supply of the 

 Society's " Tree-hole " and " Walden " Nest- 

 ing-Boxes, and food-stands for birds were 

 reported. Great regret was expressed at the 

 death of Mr. John TuUoch, of Lerwick, who 

 had been an invaluable helper in the pro- 

 tection of the birds of Shetland ; and it was 

 agreed that a letter of condolence be sent to 

 Miss Tulloch. 



The Finance and General Purposes Com- 

 mittee reported the receipt of a legacy of 

 £200 under the will of Mrs. Stratton Boulnois, 

 for many years a Fellow of the Society ; also 

 that a sum of over £10 had resulted from a 

 Bridge Drive at Bridlington, given by Mrs. 

 Newton. A vote of thanks to Mrs. Newton 

 and Miss Radford was passed, and it was 

 hoped that the excellent example would be 

 followed during the coming winter. The 

 resignation of Mrs. F. E. Baines, as Hon. 

 Secretary for Hampstead, was regretfully 

 accepted. Mr. Edward Heron-Allen, F.S.A., 



was appointed Hon. Secretary for Selsey 

 District, Miss E. T. Barnes for Bradford-on- 

 Avon, and Miss Muriel Westwood for Sutton 

 Coldfield. The following Fellows and Members 

 were elected : — 



Fellows : Alfred Allistone, Wm. Beattie, F.R.M.S., 

 Mrs. Delaselle, Miss Blanche Dell, Edward Heron- 

 Allen, F.R.S., W. Howells, M.B., Percy M. Randall, 

 E. Temple Thurston, Miss Hilda Trechman, Miss 

 Trotter. 



Members : Mrs. Wilfred Ashley, E. Attkins, Miss 

 Bamford, Miss E. T. Barnes, Miss M. V. Batsillie, 

 Miss Rose Beaven, Miss Behrens, Miss A, H. Bidwell, 

 Sir George D. Bourke, Miss L. Bradish, Miss Evelyn 

 Chesshire, Dr. Richard C. C. Clay, Miss E. Cranham, 

 Ambrose Crowdcr, Miss K. Gordon, Mrs. Greg, Miss 

 Halsey, Mrs. F. J. Horton, Dr. Norman H. Joy, 

 Miss E. Kingsley, Miss des Langrais, Mrs. Luddington, 

 Miss H. N. Mack, Dr. H. M, M. Mackay, Miss A. Mayer, 

 E. A. Meneer, Miss Mary Michaelson, R. 0. Miller, 

 Mrs. Hughes Parry, Miss A. M. Philips, Miss Powell, 

 Miss Plummer, Alexander Quicke, Miss Dorothy 

 Lane Poole, Mrs. Wardlaw Ramsay, Miss S. Rintoul, 

 Morley Roberts, Mrs. E. Roberts, Henry Rose, Major 

 Shoeten Sack, H. Armytage Sanders, Hon. K. Smith, 

 Capt. Leonard Somervell, Miss M. Stewart, Miss Doris 

 E. Theak, Miss D, Verner, Miss M. C. Watson, Lionel 

 Warde, Mrs, Lionel Warde, Miss Wentworth, Miss 

 Webb, Miss Muriel Westwood, Gervase Wheeler, 

 A. V. Whitmee, Miss Woods. 



Life Members : Lord Colwyn, Mrs. Percy Chubb, 

 R. W. Haslam, Mrs. Maling. 



The Watchers' Committee reported on the 

 work of the twenty-seven Watchers employed 

 in 1921 at different stations in England, 

 Wales, Scotland, and the Shetland and Orkney 

 Islands. The work of the Committee has done 

 much for the preservation of species in danger 

 of becoming exterminated or seriously reduced 

 in numbers, botli in " protected areas " and in 

 outlying regions where the raids of the collector 

 constantly threaten such species ; and the 

 utmost vigilance of Committee and Watchers 

 is called for. Reports from the Society's 

 Sanctuary, Brean Down, and other districts 

 were satisfactory. The receipts included a 

 special gift of £100 from Miss F. Cochrane, to 

 whom cordial thanks were voted. The bird- 

 nests and perches at four Lighthouses had 

 again proved their value in migration time, 

 and the apparatus at Spurn had had to be 

 renewed at a cost of £70 owing to destruction 

 by storms. 



Mr. Hugh F. Spender and Mr. J. Rudge 

 Harding, O.B.E., were elected members of the 

 Council. Various matters were discussed at 

 length, including the circular letter issued 

 by the Home Office Wild Birds Advisory 



