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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council's Quarterly Meeting was held 

 at the Middlesex Guildhall, S.W., on April 

 13th, 1917, when there were present : 

 Mr. Meade- Waldo, in the Chair (in the un- 

 avoidable absence of Mr. Montagu Sharpe, 

 Chairman), Mr, Bell, Miss Clifton, Dr. 

 Drewitt, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Hon. Mrs. 

 Henniker, Mr. Lemon (Hon. Sec), IVIiss 

 Pollock, and the Secretary (Miss Gardiner). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported the holding 

 of the Annual Meeting and preparation of 

 the Annual Report ; the nomination of 

 Brigadier-General Page-Croft, M.P., as a 

 Member of the Council ; seven lectures 

 given by Rev. J. G. Tuck, Miss Hamilton, 

 Mr. Frisby, Miss M. Twemlow, IVIr. Vicars 

 Webb, and Rev. J. E. Kelsall ; fourteen 

 Bird and Tree Festivals ; arrangement for 

 an Essay Competition at Stockton Grammar 

 School ; publication of the new Leaflet • 

 " Birds, Insects, and Crops " ; and the 

 issue of Bird Protection Orders for Cheshire 

 (renewal), the Scottish counties (renewal 

 for three years from 1917), and Gal way 

 (renewal). 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The Committee presented the financial 

 statement for the first quarter of 1917, and 

 reported the receipt of a legacy of £20 imder 

 the will of the late Miss A. G. Christie, and 

 also a communication from the lawyers of 

 the late Mrs. Edith Scott, stating that the 

 Court had pronounced in favour of the will 

 and codicil by which £300 was bequeathed 

 by Mrs. Scott to the Society. The death 



was announced with regret of Mr. W. S. 

 Mainprice, a Life Member of the Society 

 and Hon. Local Secretary for Knutsford. 

 The following Fellows and Members were 

 elected : 



Fellows : T. Edwin Harvey (London, 

 E.C.) ; H. Ridgers (London, E.C.) ; J. A. 

 Whitehead (Richmond). 



Members : Mrs. Allerton (Bournemouth) ; 

 Stanley Austin (London, N.) ; Lieut. East- 

 wick-Field, R.N. (Emsworth) ; H. Footner 

 (Branksome Park, Dorset) ; John Gregson 

 (Heskin) ; Jack Odell (Wimbledon) ; Miss 

 Osborn (Shefford) ; Mrs. Reeve (Kingswear) ; 

 W. Ransom (Upper Norwood, S.E.) ; J. 

 Riley (Stoke-on-Trent) ; IVIiss Edith Schiassi 

 (London, N.W.) ; Miss N. J. Simmons 

 (London, N.W.) ; Miss A. F. Smith (London, 

 N.) ; W. W. Strang (Keswick) ; C. G. 

 Webb-Peploe (Parkstone) ; H. P. Wilkes 

 (Weymouth). 



General Business. 

 The Standing Committees (Watchers, 

 Publications, and Finance and General 

 Purposes) were appointed for the year. 

 Recent edicts with regard to the Plumage 

 Trade ; the action of the Society in regard 

 to the collection of sea-birds' eggs for food ; 

 and numerous letters with reference to the 

 destruction of useful birds by " sparrow " 

 clubs and the employment of children in 

 killing birds, were discussed, together with 

 the action to be taken by the Society. 



Next Meeting of the Council, July 20th. 



Mr. Archibald Thorburn has been elected 

 by the Council a L fe Fellow of the Society, 

 as a recognition of his generous use of his 

 art for the benefit of the Bird-Protection 

 cause. Mr. Thorburn has given the Society 

 designs for three Greeting-cards (including 

 the Whitethroat card of 1916-17) and also 

 the charming picture which forms a frontis- 

 piece to "Our Pet Herons." 



