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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. ^:; 



Mr. Montagu Sharpe (Chairman) pre- 

 sided at the quarterly meeting of the 

 Council, held at 23, Queen Anne's Gate, 

 S.W,, on October 18th, when there were 

 also present : Mr. Ernest BeU, Miss 

 Clifton, Sir John Cockbum, the Hon. 

 Mrs. Drewitt, Dr. Drewitt, Miss Hall, 

 Mr. Hastings Lees, Mr. F. E. Lemon 

 (Hon. Sec), Mrs. Lemon, Mr. Meade- 

 Waldo, Mr. Paynter, Captain Tailby, and 

 the Secretary (Miss Gardiner). 



The Report of the Hon. Secretary 



gave details of the Bird Protection 

 Orders issued for Kent, Northampton, 

 Rochdale, Tynemouth, Walsall, and West- 

 meath ; a circular letter had been ad- 

 dressed to the County Council of Radnor, 

 one of the two counties in England and 

 Wales at present without an Order ; 

 and correspondence had taken place with 

 reference to the Orders for Cheshire, the 

 city of Liverpool, and Worcestershire. 

 The adjudication of awards in the Bird 

 and Tree Competitions was reported. 

 The Pubhc School Essays, which were 

 more in number than last year, were in 

 the hands of the judges. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The statement of accounts having been 

 presented and passed, the following new 

 Fellows and Members were elected. 



Fellows : Mrs. Bogle (Petersfield), Miss 

 Colton Fox (York), Mrs. Urban Smith 

 (London, N.W.), Miss E. Spender (Bath), 

 Sir Richard Sutton, Bart. (Avening, Glos.). 



Members : Mrs. Acland (FeUxstowe), Miss 

 Beckett (Bromley), Mrs. Clarke (Bourne- 

 mouth), F. Curtis, F.R.C.S. (RedhiU), Philip 

 Gilchrist (Lancaster), Norman Graham 



(Godalming), J. S. Muspratt Hall, L.D.S., 

 (Weston-super-Mare), Miss Hodges (Cran- 

 leigh), G. H. Horsfall (Shrewsbury), C. W. 

 Pan tin (Nettlestone, I.W.), Miss Constance 

 Prater (Banbury), Dr. Muzio Williams 

 (London, W.), Miss Dulcie Yorke (Chiswick). 



The resignation of Miss Kearney, 

 Hon. Secretary for Canterbury since 1892, 

 was received with regret, and thanks 

 were voted to her for her kind and 

 long-continued help. The appointments 

 of Mrs. Bevan for Canterbury, Mrs. 

 Laurence Pike for Christchurch, and 

 Mr. Martin Lewis for Cardiff, were 

 approved. Reports on bird-shop inspec- 

 tion and prosecutions were received. 



The Publication Committee. 



The issue was reported of " For Love 

 of Beasts," " Story of the Egret," addi- 

 tional copies of the autumn number of 

 Bird Notes and News, etc. 



General Business. 



Considerable discussion took place with 

 regard to the Plumage Bill, the Pole-trap 

 Act, the proposed offer of prizes for an 

 effectual bird-scarer, and the cage-bird 

 question. The preparation of a special 

 leaflet on the last-named subject Jwas 

 agreed to. 



BREANJpOWN. 



The Order of the Somerset County 

 Council constituting Brean Down a 

 protected area for all Birds and all eggs, 

 was gazetted on December 3rd. A 

 description of the area, which has been 

 protected at the instance of the R.S.P.B., 

 appeared in the Autumn Number of 

 Bird Notes and News. The area is thus 

 officially defined : — 



" An area comprising Brean Do\mi, in the 



