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Arthur Bellin (Wokiiig) ; J. E. Bellows 

 (Edgbaston) ; H. Seymour Branfoot (Frant) ; 

 Miss Kathleen Bull (Newcastle) ; Mrs. Dick- 

 son (Trowbridge) ; George Dixon (Chalford) ; 

 John Dyson (Crewkerne) ; C. Eastwick 

 Field, M.R.C.S. (Midhurst) ; Miss Fletcher 

 (London, W.); Hon. Mrs. Franklin (London, 

 W.) ; Lady Fry (Bristol) ; Miss Winifred 

 Gaskell (London, N.) ; Captain W. A. 

 Gordon (Wickwar) ; Sir Thomas Leigh Hare, 

 Bart. (Norfolk) ; Miss Jessie M. Hall (Wark- 

 on-Tyne) ; Arthur Head (Stockton-on-Tees) ; 

 Spencer Holland (Berkhamsted) ; Mrs. L. 

 Holmes (Alderley Edge) ; Rev. J. Clare 

 Hudson (Thornton, Lines.) ; W. H. Ingram 

 (Shrewsbury) ; Miss Gwendolen Jefferson 

 (London, W.) ; Miss E. Lecky (London, W.) ; 

 Miss C. Marriott (Hyson Green) ; H. V. 

 Masefield (Oxted) ; Hon. Mrs. Meade (Brad- 

 ford-on- Avon) ; Mrs. McGill (London, W.) ; 

 Miss Osborne (Heme Bay) ; Herbert W. 

 Page (Hinton Bluett) ; Miss Olive Parker 

 (Broseley) ; Mrs. H. S. Phillips-Hoare (God- 

 stone) ; Mrs. Preston (London, W.) ; Miss 

 Rawstorne (Fareham) ; William T. Ritchie 

 (Edinburgh); Herbert D. Robertson (Redhill) 

 Miss M. G. Roberts (Hobart, Tasmania) 

 Guy H. Guillum Scott (London, S.W.) 

 Mrs. F. W. Sherwood (London, S.W.) 

 Miss A. B. Sibly (Taunton) ; Miss G. 

 Summerfield (London, S.E.) ; Mrs. Arthur 

 Tilney (Sialkote, India) ; Miss Trotter (Stock- 

 ton-on-Tees) ; Miss Vaux (Salisbury) ; John 

 Watson (Ranskill) ; Colonel Wardlaw-Ram- 

 say (Rosehill, N.B.) ; Rev. Canon Wyld 

 (Melksham) ; W. Eaton Young, J.P. (Bath). 



Life Members. — Gerald Lloyd (Edgbas- 

 ton) ; Captain Lynes, R.N. 



Sir Harry Johnston, C.C.M.G., D.Sc, 

 was elected an Hon. Fellow of the Society, 

 and Mr. W. P. Pycraft, F.Z.S., A.L.S., 

 was elected an Hon. Member. It was 

 reported that the Society had an exhibit 

 of Nesting-boxes in the Forestry Section 

 of the Royal Agricultural Show at 

 Bristol, in June ; great interest was 

 taken in the stand by the visitors, 

 many of whom had not seen anything 

 of the kind before, and a large number of 

 copies of the Society's leaflet " Forester's 

 Friends " were distributed. 



Publication Committee. 



The publication was reported of " The 

 Plume Question in a Nutshell " (re- 

 printed with additions from Bird Notes 

 and News) ; of an illustrated booklet on 

 Brean Down, the Society's Somerset 

 Bird sanctuary ; and the leaflet " Fores- 

 ters' Friends " ; the Christmas card for 

 1913-14 was considered. 



Watchers Committee. 



Captain Tailby reported on the efforts 

 made to bring about the disuse of pole- 

 traps in Norway. An account of the 

 visit paid to St. Catherine's Lighthouse 

 (reported in the Summer Number of 

 Bird Notes and News) w^as presented by 

 Mr. Meade- Waldo. Detailed reports from 

 eleven watching stations w^ere presented 

 and approved. 



General Business. 



Extensive correspondence upon the 

 Plumage question was reported, and it 

 was stated that the Zoological Society, 

 the British Ornithologists' Union, the 

 R.S.P.C.A., and the Authorities of the 

 British Museum had co-operated wdth the 

 Society in expressing to the Prime 

 Minister their satisfaction on hearing of 

 his intention to give facilities for dis- 

 cussion in Parliament with a view to 

 legislation on the importation of the 

 plumage of wild birds. The decrease 

 in the number of Sw^allows nesting in 

 Great Britain was discussed, and letters 

 from M. Baudouy and others were read 

 showing the destruction of these birds 

 which takes place in the south of France. 

 It was hoped that communications 

 addressed to the Minister for Foreign 

 Affairs might bear fruit. 



Next meeting of the Council, October 

 17th. 



