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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society met at the 

 Offices, 23, Queen Anne's Gate, on April 

 19th. Mr, Montagu Sharpe, Chairman, 

 presided, and there were present : Mr. E. 

 Bell, Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Miss CHfton, 

 Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Dr. Drewitt, Miss Hall, 

 Mr. W. H. Hudson, Mr. Hastings Lees, 

 Mrs. F. E. Lemon, Mr. F. E. Lemon 

 (Hon. Secretary), Mr. Ogilvie Grant, 

 Miss Pollock, and Captain Tailby, and 

 Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary furnished particu- 

 lars of seven Bird Protection Orders, for 

 Cheshire, Huntingdon, Lincoln (Kesteven), 

 East Suffolk, Anglesey, Cardiff, and Gal- 

 way respectively, issued since the last 

 meeting of the Council, and reported on 

 the Protection of Crops Essay Competi- 

 tion. Twenty-four lectures illustrated 

 with the Society's shdes, had been given 

 as follows : — 



Wellingborough, Christ's Hospital (Hors- 

 ham), Dorking, and Lewisham, Mr. Hastings 

 Lees ; Lahill, Miss Rintoul ; Liverpool (St. 

 Andrew's Church Hall), Mr. J. C. Hamilton ; 

 Stony Stratford, Mr. Baldock ; Middleton 

 (Bird and Tree Day), Mr. Hopkins ; Rugby 

 School, Mr. Collison ; Bancroft's School 

 (Woodford), Mr. Playne ; Burton-on-Trent 

 Natural History Society, Mr. Hanson ; Don- 

 caster Grammar School, Mr. S. E. Evans ; 

 Woolton (Liverpool), Miss Gilhe ; Grange- 

 over-Sands, Miss Kershaw ; Lancaster, Mr. 

 Tumey ; Westminster, Rev. J. E. Kelsall ; 

 Maidstone Museum, Rev. J. Hale ; South- 

 ampton, Mr. P. M. Randall ; Chichester 

 (Boy Scouts), Mr. Weller-Poley ; Sheffield 

 (Pupil Teachers' Centre), Miss E. Atkins ; 

 Wicklow, Mr. R. M. Barrington ; Poplar 

 (Public Library), Miss Clifton ; Sutton, Miss 

 E. Smith. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The resignations of two Hon. Local 

 Secretaries were received with regret, 

 namely, Mrs. W. B. Gerish for East Herts, 

 and the Rev. A. F. Curtis, for Witham, 

 on leaving the district. The appointment 

 was approved of Miss G. Baker for Purley 

 and WaHington. Mr. R. M. Barrington, 

 F.L.S., of Fassaroe, co. Bray, was elected 

 a Fellow of the Society, and the following 

 Members were elected : — 



Sir Henry Burdett, K.C.B. (London, W.), 

 C. Collison (St. Bees), G. E. H. Ellis (Croy- 

 don), Miss Harrison (Lincoln), Miss Hen- 

 derson (Kinross), Miss Jackson (Evendon, 

 Ross-shire) ; A. G. W. Murray (Tunbridge 

 Wells), Charles Nicolson (Chingford), A. 

 Pereira (Wimbledon), Mrs. Rivers Pollock 

 (Liverpool), Duncan F. Robertson (Kirkwall, 

 Orkney), E. M. Brooke-Taylor (Bakewell), 

 T. Weller-Poley (Chichester), H. Willford 

 (Isle of Wight). 



The quarterly statement of accounts 

 was submitted and approved. 



Publication Committee. 



The PubKcation Committee reported 

 the issue of a new leaflet-prospectus, 

 which it is hoped will be largely used by 

 friends of the Society for enclosing in 

 private correspondence ; of the Spring 

 Number of Bird Notes and News, per- 

 manently enlarged to 16 pages, and form- 

 ing the first number of Vol. 5 of the 

 Society's organ (established 1903) ; and of 

 the Prize Essays on the Protection of 

 Crops, under the title of " Farm, Garden, 

 and Birds." The question of reprinting 

 the " Story of Bird Protection " which 

 ran through the last volume of Bird 

 Notes and News, was considered. 



