40 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 on July 19th, 1912, 

 at 23, Queen Anne's Gate. There were 

 present : Mr. Montagu Sharpe (Chair- 

 man), Mr. Ernest Bell, Mr. Bonhote, 

 Miss Chfton, the Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, 

 Mr. Hudson, Mr. Hastings Lees, Miss 

 Pollock, Captain Tailby, Mr. F. E. Lemon 

 (Hon. Secretary), and Miss Gardiner (Sec- 

 retary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported that four 

 lectures had been given since April 19th, 

 namely ; Mr. Masefield, at Cheadle, 

 Staffs ; Mr. E. Purnell Jones, at Crewe ; 

 Mr. F. J. Hopkins, at Middleton ; Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall, at Highchffe, Hants. A 

 letter had been received with reference 

 to a request addressed to the East 

 Suffolk County Council for the removal 

 of protection from the eggs of the Tern 

 on the ground of injury done by the 

 birds to the fishing. Before protection 

 was given last February, the eggs were 

 collected for sale, and the Tern colony 

 had seriously diminished. The Rev. 

 JuHan G. Tuck had written to the local 

 papers pointing out the inadequacy of 

 ground for the complaint ; and it was 

 agreed that the Society should continue 

 its efforts for the preservation of the 

 Terns. Attention was drawn to the fact 

 that four County Bird-Protection Orders 

 would expire in 1913, thus affording 

 opportunity for any amendments which 

 might be needed. 



Finance and General Purposes 



Committee. 

 The Statement of Accounts was 



submitted, and it was announced that 

 a cheque for twenty guineas had been 

 received from the Editor of the Pall Mall 

 Gazette on behalf of Mr. John Galsworthy, 

 in connexion with the appearance in that 

 paper of his articles " For Love of Beasts," 

 A hearty vote of thanks was passed to 

 Mr. Galsworthy, both for his powerful 

 appeal on behalf of birds and for his 

 generosity to the Society. The appoint- 

 ments of Mr. W. Watson as Hon. Secre- 

 tary for Ennerdale, Cumberland, and of 

 Miss A, M, Bonus, for Croydon, were 

 approved. The resignations were re- 

 ceived with regret of Mrs. Wilson for 

 Bournville, Mrs, Currey for Ewell, and 

 Miss Bayes for Bedford, The following 

 were elected Fellows : — 



Miss A, Austen (Clifton), F. A. Bruton 

 (West Didsbury), Mrs. Chichester (Arlington 

 Court), Mrs. S. V. Coote (London, W.), Mrs. 

 Leathes Culley (Belford), T. Hercy Denman 

 (Retford), F. C. Gardiner (Glasgow), Lady 

 Green (Hainault) ; Harold Messel (London, 

 E.C), Miss Maud Roscrow (Wolverhamp- 

 ton), Mrs. Wallis Toller (Weybridge), Miss 

 E. M. Williams (Winchester). 



The following were elected Members : — 



J. R. Allen (Runcorn), Major A, W. Birch 

 (London, S,W)., T, B. Bolitho (Penzance), 

 Mx&. Henry Cadbury (London, N.W.), 

 Frederick Carr (Wolverhampton), Hubert 

 Chitty, M.S. (Clifton), Wilfred Chitty (Dover), 

 H. MiUer Cole (London, S.W.), Mrs. Law- 

 rence Corban (Chagford), D. W. Douth- 

 waite (London, W.C.), Vivian Locke Ellis 

 (East Grinstead), P. Carew Essex (London, 

 S.W.), Edwin Ffennell, M.D., Miss Mary 

 Ffennell (Malvern), Colonel Godfrey (Chel- 

 tenham), Mrs. Hammond (London, N.W.), 

 Reginald J. Hanbury (East Grinstead), Mi-s. 

 C. E, Hodgkin (Reading), Mrs. Jefferson 

 (London, W.), Miss C, Jefferson (Grantham), 

 Henry Johnstone (Edinbiu-gh), Miss C, A. 

 Kingdon (St, Leonards), Sydney H. Long, 



