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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETINGS. 



Meetings of the Council of the Society- 

 were held at the Middlesex Guildhall, S.W., 

 on October 20th and December 8th, 1916, 

 Mr. Montagu Sharpe, Chairman, presiding. 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported on October 

 20th the death of Mrs. Edward Phillips, 

 one of the founders of the Society, Vice- 

 President, and member of the Council, and 

 of the Hon. Mrs. Boyle, one of its earliest 

 supporters. On December 8th he had 

 further to chronicle the sudden death of 

 Captain Tailby, member of the CouncO. 

 On the motion of the Chairman it was 

 agreed that an expression of the deep regret 

 of the Council for the heavy loss sustained 

 by the Society be entered on the minutes 

 in each case. The renewal of the Bird 

 Protection Orders for East Sussex and 

 Mayo and the issue of an Order for Baldare, 

 were reported. Lectures had been given 

 by the Rev. J. E. Kelsall (two), Mr. William 

 Berry (two), Mr. H. Vicars Webb, and Miss 

 Hamilton. The awards in the Bird-and-Tree 

 Inter-County and County Challenge Shield 

 Competitions were confirmed. Mr. Archibald 

 Thorburn's gift of a picture for the Society's 

 Greeting-card was acknowledged by a hearty 

 vote of thanlvS. The Society's action in 

 the matter of Mr. Chance and the taking 

 of protected eggs ; the dangerous use of 

 air-guns ; and the Bird Protection Law of 

 Malta, was reported. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The accounts for the third quarter of 1916, 

 and for October and November, reapa c vely , 



were presented, showing a considerable 

 decrease on last year's totals ; and it was 

 reported that an intimation had been 

 received of a legacy to the Society from the 

 late Miss G. F. Packe, and of the residue 

 of an estate, after the determination of 

 certain life interests, under the will of the 

 late Miss Mildred Bowers. The following 

 FeUows and Members were elected : — 



Fellows : Lord Desborough, K.C.V.O. 

 (Bucks) ; C. H. Boyle (Weetwood) ; Miss 

 Jacob (London, W.) ; J. Bell White 

 (Gerrard's Cross) ; Mrs. Wilson (Bexhill) ; 

 Mrs. Marke Wood (Deal). 



Members : Captain R. 0. Bridgeman 

 (Hayward's Heath) ; Frank Burrell (Bury 

 St. Edmunds) ; Chas. Carpenter (Newton 

 Abbot) ; Rev. J. Easton, M.A. (Murston) ; 

 W. E. Halstead (Bradford) ; Mrs. Hawkes- 

 worth (Watlington) ; J. Duncan Hodgson 

 (Newcastle-on-Tyne) ; Miss E. F. Jones 

 (Tunbridge Wells) ; Mrs. Beauchamp Leggett 

 (London, S.E.) ; Miss Alma Paton (Wimble- 

 don) ; Miss A. M. Smith (Clifton) ; Mss 

 Emily I. Smith (Clifton) ; C. E. Strickland 

 (Newton Abbot) ; Miss Helen Sutherland 

 (Newport, Fife) ; Miss Ethel Timins (Wat- 

 ford). 



Watchers' Committee. 



A report on the work done by the Society's 

 Watchers in 1916 was presented. Attention 

 was drawn to the record, in an ornithological 

 journal, of the shooting of four Hobbies by 

 a keeper in Leicestershire ; and it was 

 agreed that every effort should be made 

 to induce County Councils and landowners 

 to protect this rare and harmless bird. 

 The suggested formation of a bird-sanctuary 

 in Cornwall was reported ; and some dis- 

 cussion took place with regard to the losses 

 sustained by one of the Watchers in a 

 Zeppelin raid. 



