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discontinue the collection of eggs in districts 

 where they are not protected. As tliis is by 

 implication an assurance that Mr. Chance 

 will discontinue the taking of eggs in districts 

 where they are protected — ^which was the 

 cause of complaint — there the matter rests. 

 for the present ; it is hoped that the assur- 



ance given will be observed, and that the 

 Society will have no occasion in future yeais 

 to proceed to further measures. 



It may be added that the Times has 

 courteously promised that no further an- 

 nouncements of the kind shall appear in 

 its columns. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council held their quarterly meeting 

 on July 21st, 1916, at the Middlesex Guild- 

 hall, S.W. , when there were present: 

 Mr, Montagu Sharpe, Chairman (in the chair), 

 I\iiss Clifton, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Dr. Drewitt, 

 Miss Hall, Hon. Mrs. Henniker, ]\ir. F. E. 

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

 IVir. Ogilvie-Grant, and Miss Pollock, and 

 the Secretary (Miss Gardiner). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported that three 

 lectm'es had been given by the Rev. J. E. 

 Kelsali, and ten Bird-and-Tree Festivals 

 held. Correspondence had taken place with 

 regard to the use of air-guns, and it M'as 

 proposed to send a circular letter to Coimty 

 Councils, pointing out the requirements of 

 the Gmi Licence Act, 1870. With reference 

 to an advertisement which had appeared in 

 the Times inciting persons to collect clutches 

 of the eggs of certain birds, the action taken 

 and contemplated was reported and approved. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The accounts for the quai*ter were pre- 

 sented, showing a considerable falling-o£f 

 from the normal returns, especially in the 

 Watchers Fund. The appointment of Mr. 

 E. W. Royston as Hon. Secretary for 

 Cambridge was confirmed, and the following 

 Fellows and Members were elected : 



Fellows : Miss Leonore Adlercron (Bm-s- 

 tow); Dr. R. W. S. Bishop (Bedale) ; 

 A. K. Carlyon (Harrow Weald) ; Lady Fry 

 (Bristol) ; Captain Philip Gosse (Beaulieu) ; 

 F. J. Hanbury (East Grinstead) ; Captain 

 Scott-Hopkins (Malta) ; Lady Mildmay 

 (Dogmersfield) ; Miss Mabel Thornton 

 (Chislehurst) ; Ivlrs. Watts (Yelverton). 



Members : Arthur Austin (Brighton) ; 



F. L. Bland (Ipswich) ; A. Townshend 

 Cobbold (Ipswich) ; Bernard Ellis (Leicester); 

 Miss Margery Fry (Birmingham) ; Miss 



G. C. Harrison (Chesham Bois) ; Percy 

 Harrison (Birmingham) ; Miss Herring- 

 Cooper (Chislehurst) ; Miss Hilda Howard, 

 Miss Louie Howard (Blackbm-n) ; J. M. 

 Howell (Aberdovey) ; Saiusbury M. Mellor 

 (I.W.) ; Henry Miller (Ipswich) : Dr. Charles 

 Pollard (Worcester) ; W. L. Sclater (London, 

 S.W.); H. L. Theobald (London, N.W.) ; 

 Frank Thurston (Stroud) ; Miss Nellie 

 Wilson (Peebles). 



Life Members : J. E. Hurtley (Harrogate) 

 Douglas J. B. Wilson (Dumbarton). 



General Business. 



Correspondence relating to the Bird- 

 Protection Law of Malta was considered. 

 The ordinance issued in 1911 having proved 

 insufficient to prevent the excessive destruc- 

 tion of bird-life (involving possible extermi- 

 nation of certain species on the island), and 

 being in other respects faulty, it was agreed 

 to recommend a close-time for ail birds 

 during the breeding-season. Plume-trade 

 smuggling in India, the killing of Peregrines 

 in Yorkshire, and suggestions as to a pro- 

 posed Bird Sanctuar}^ were among other 

 subjects discussed. 



Next meetmg of the Comicil, October 20th. 



