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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Society's quarterly meeting was held 

 at the Offices, 23, Queen Anne's Gate, 

 S.W., on April 18th, 1913, when there 

 were present : Mr. Montagu Sharpe 

 (Chairman), Mr. Bell, Dr. Drewitt, Miss 

 Hall, Mr. F. E. Lemon (Hon. Sec), Mrs. 

 Lemon, Mr. Meade-Waldo, Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant, Miss Pollock, and Captain Tailby, 

 and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 

 The Hon. Secretary reported the issue 

 of the Annual Report, with Proceedings 

 at the Annual Meeting, and it was agreed 

 to issue also separate copies of the Pro- 

 ceedings in order to give wider circulation 

 to the speeches of Lord Curzon and Sir 

 Harry Johnston. The deputation to 

 Trinity House and subsequent arrange- 

 ments with regard to Bird Protection at 

 the Lighthouses, and the legal work of the 

 Society in the matter of prosecutions 

 were likewise reported and discussed. 

 Twenty lectures had been given, illus- 

 trated by the Society's slides ; and thanks 

 were accorded to Mr. Masefield for his 

 lectures on behalf of the Society, to the 

 Viscountess Galway, who lent the theatre 

 at Serlby Hall for a drawing-room meeting, 

 and to Mrs. Bradshaw, of Retford, Mrs. 

 Gerard Dowson, of RadcHffe-on-Trent, 

 and Miss Denton, of Rugby, for organising 

 most successful meetings. Bird Protec- 

 tion Orders had been issued for two 

 Enghsh, one Scotch, and one Irish county, 

 and for three county boroughs. 



Finance and General Purposes 



Committee. 

 The accounts for the quarter were 

 received and passed. Mrs. H. S. Tunnard 



was appointed Hon. Sec. for Denmark 

 Hill and Duhvich. The undermentioned 

 were elected Fellows and Members of the 

 Society : — 



Fellows. — C. S. Ascherson and Mrs. 

 Ascherson (London, S.W.), Miss M. Bradish 

 (London, W.), Earl Curzon of Kedleston, 

 H. J. Hill (Woking), Mrs. Lloyd-Theakston 

 (Barmouth), His Honour Judge Coleridge 

 Mackarness (London, S.W.), Miss Urith 

 Shore (London, S.W.), Miss M. J. Stevens 

 (Liverpool), Miss A. Towashend (London, W.) 

 Mrs. Desborough Walford (London, S.W.). 



Life Fellow, — J. M. Hanbury (London, 

 E.G.). 



Members. — ^Mrs. August (Penarth), Mrs. 

 S. A. Barr (St. Leonards), R. M. Barrington 

 (Bray), Oscar R. Ba3aiard (Florida, U.S.A.), 

 J. Beetham (Doncaster), W. A. Bilney 

 (Weybridge), W. F. Biscoe (Tewkesbury), 

 Miss Bromwich (Rugby), W. Burke (London, 

 W.), Ernest W. Clarke (Musselburgh), Miss S, 

 Clements (Cootehill, co. Cavan), H. Ashmore 

 Davidson (Penrith), Edward B. Dawson 

 (Lancaster), Miss Eleanor Elias (Niton, I.W.), 

 Mrs. J. Elson (Aberdovey), Miss Embleton 

 (London, S.W.), Mrs. Ferraby (Leeds), Miss 

 Gaskell (Midhurst), Hon. Mrs. Grant-Suttie 

 (North Berwick), Miss M. B. Hall (Brook- 

 lime, Mass.), Mrs. Travers Hawes (Chisle- 

 hurst), J. Haslam (Radcliffe-on-Trent), Miss 

 Herchmer (London, S.E.), Rev. G. M. A. 

 Hewett (Winchester), E. Houldgate, T. 

 Hughes (Radcli£fe-on-Trent), Miss E. M. 

 Irvine (Liverpool), Miss Laura Kay (Harro- 

 gate), Mrs. Mayer (Birmingham), J. Monteath 

 (Kippen, N.B.), Mrs. W. H. Newton (Chelten- 

 ham), Miss Grace Palethorpe (London, N.W.), 

 Gordon Piper (Epsom), Mrs. J. S. Preston 

 (Marlborough), Miss Selina Quin (Walling- 

 ford), Mrs. W. J. Rawson (Radclifife-on- 

 Trent), Mrs. H. N. Sporberg (Rugby), 

 Mrs. Turner (Bridlington), J. H. Vickers 

 (Newport, Salop), Mrs. Verner (Kenley), 

 Alfred White, Mrs. White (Bramhall), Mrs. 

 Yates (Radcliffe-on-Trent). 



Watchers Committee. 

 The Watchers Committee detailed the 

 arrangements made at their meetings 



