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which would permit the destruction of such 

 Birds on any pretext whatever." 



The President, Council, and Officers of the 

 Society were re-elected, the speakers to the 

 resolutions including Lord Desborough, Mr. 

 W. P. Pycraft, and Mr. Cosmo Blore. 



A report of the proceedings will, as usual, 

 be incorporated with the Amiual Report of 

 the Society, sent to all subscribers and 

 obtainable from the Society's Office. 



COUNCIL MEETINGS. 



The Council of the Society met at the 

 Middlesex Guildhall, S.W., on January 26th, 

 Mr. Montagu Sharpe, Chairman, presiding. 

 There were also present : INIr. Bell, Mr. 

 Meade-Waldo, Mr. Trevor-Batt.7e, Mr. 

 Lemon (Hon. Sec), Mrs. Lemon, Hon. Mrs. 

 Drewitt, Miss Hall, Miss Clifton, Mss 

 Pollock, and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon Secretary reported that six 

 lectures had been given during January, and 

 twenty-two Bird and Tree Festivals held 

 since the last meeting of the Council. The 

 Bird-Protection Order for Cambridgeshire 

 had been renewed. The sale of the Society's 

 Greeting-card had been satisfactory, and 

 the original painting, kindly given by Mr. 

 Thorburn, had been purchased by a Fellow 

 of the Societ}'. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The statement of accounts for the 3^ear 

 1916 was presented and approved. The 

 Committee reported the loss of two Local 

 Hon. Secretaries, Mr. John Elliot, a Life 

 Fellow of the Society and Hon. Sec. for 

 Wirral since 1903, who died in December ; 

 and Miss Grace Hawkins, Hon. Sec. for 

 Wolverhampton since 1909, whose services 

 are unfortunately lost to the Society 

 through her change of residence. A resolu- 

 tion expressing regret and appreciation of 

 services kindly rendered in the past, was 



entered in eacli case. The following were 



elected Fellows and Members of the Society : 



Fellows.— Miss Winifred Austin (London 

 W.), Leslie G. Austin (London, W.), Wilfred 

 0. Bailey (Cobham), Mrs. Council (Brocken- 

 hurst). Rev. Henry Gow (London, N.W.), 

 Reginald T. Hindley (Macclesfield). 



Mkmbers. — Mrs. A. B. Allan (Pollok- 

 shields), G. Abbey (Aston Rowant), J. B. 

 Crosfield (Reigate), Dr. Eaton (Cleator), 

 ]\Irs. Ensor (Devizes), F. J. B. Lines (Hands- 

 worth), ]\Irs. Bernard Old (Handsworth), 

 Miss Marjorie Percy (Gunnersbury), Alder- 

 man C. Pinkham (London, N.W.), Oswald 

 J. Wilkinson (Manchester). 



Life Member. — Lady Stirling Maxwell 

 (Pollokshaws). 



Letters had been received from ornitholo- 

 gists in Russia, asking for particulars of the 

 Bird -Protection laws in great Britain and 

 her Colonies. With regard to Competitions 

 in 1917 it was decided that the usual Shields 

 and Prizes should be awarded in connexion 

 with Bird and Tree work in Elementary 

 Schools, but that the Public School Essay 

 Competition should again be suspended, 

 and that the question of organizing any such 

 effort in Boys' Preparatory Schools must be 

 postponed. The acting Vice-Presidents and 

 Council were nominated for election at the 

 Annual ^Meeting, no other nominations 

 having been received ; and the draft 

 Annual Report was presented. Consider- 

 able discussion took place with respect the 

 relation of wild birds to agriculture and to 

 the protection of insectivorous species ; and 

 it was agreed that a leaflet on the subject 

 should at once be prepared. 



Next meeting of the Council, April lyth. 



Copies of ]\Ir. Thorbum's charming little 

 picture of the Whitethroat, designed for the 

 Society's Chri-tmas Card, may be had, 

 mounted for framing, price one shilhng. 



