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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society held their quar- 

 terly meeting on July 20th, 1917, at the 

 IVIidcUesex Guildhall, S.W. Mr. Montagu 

 Sharpe (Chairman) presided, and there were 

 also present : IVIr. Bell, Miss Clifton, the 

 Hon. Mrs. Henniker, Mr. F. E. Lemon 

 (Hon. Sec), IVIrs. Lemon, IVIr. Meade-Waldo, 

 and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 

 The Hon. Secretary reported that Miss 

 C. V. HaU had resigned her position as a 

 member of the Council of the Society, 

 adding an assurance of her continued sym- 

 pathy with and interest in the work. A 

 resolution was unanimously adopted that 

 an expression of the Council's regret at 

 Miss Hall's resignation, and of hearty appre- 

 ciation of the value of her past services, 

 be entered on the minutes. — The Report 

 chronicled that lectures had been given by 

 Miss A. E. F. Barlow, Miss L. Brooks, Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall, and Mr. W. H. M. Jackson ; 

 that thirteen Bird-and-Tree Festivals had 

 been held ; and that Mr. Thorburn had very 

 kindly promised to provide a picture for 

 the Society Greeting-card for 1917-18. Bird 

 Protection Orders had been issued for Rox- 

 burgh, Selkirk, and Inverness ; also a number 

 of Orders removing protection until June 

 21 from the eggs of the following sea-birds 

 in certain counties : Black -headed Gull, 

 Herring Gull, Greater and Lesser Black- 

 backed Gulls, Common Guillemot, Razorbill, 

 and Puffin. 



Finance and General Purposes 



Committee. 

 The financial statement for the Second 



the Protection of Birds. 



Quarter of 1917 was read, and the receipt 

 announced of the f ollo-^dng legacies : £25 

 from the late Mrs. M. J. Hudson ; £10 from 

 the late Miss Jane Barker ; £220 from the 

 late Miss G. F. Packe ; and, in July, £308 

 from the late ]\Irs. Edith Scott, The Rev 

 W. J. Constable, having resigned as Hon 

 Local Secretary for Uppingham, was ap 

 pointed for Carmarthenshire, and Miss M. B. 

 Gaskoin was appointed H.L.S. for S.W. 

 Beds. The following Fellows and Members 

 were elected : 



Fellows : Mrs. Bagnall-O'Cahan (Bath) ; 

 W. A. Bishop-Culpeper-Cla5i:on (Norfolk) ; 

 Colonel Brotherton (Pateley Bridge) ; E. P. 

 Charlesworth (London, S.W.) ; Lieut. G. L. A. 

 Craven (3rd Duke of Cornwairs Light In- 

 fantry) ; J. F. L. Evans (Rickmans worth) ; 

 IVIrs. Mathwin (Newcastle) ; H. Hamilton 

 Palairet (Dorchester) ; IVIrs. Herbert Philips 

 (Macclesfield) ; Mrs. C. F. Ratcliffe (Pateley 

 Bridge) ; H. W. Robinson (Cirencester) ; 

 Miss Seagrave (London, S.W.). 



Life Fellow : W. H. B. Fletcher (Bognor). 



Members : Mss K. M. Baldwin (West 

 Didsbury) ; ]\Irs. Andrew Barett (Birken- 

 head) ; J. E. Bidwell (Great Shelford) ; 

 Rev. Charles Bower (Dorset) ; H. C. Briggs 

 (Hampton-on-Thames) ; A. Burrows (Dart- 

 ford) ; Frank Bull (London, S.E.) ; Rev. 

 R. B. Caton (Thetford) ; Brigadier-General 

 Coxhead (Sudburj^) ; H. D. Drj- (Hunmanby) ; 

 W. A. Edwards (Liverpool) ; Mrs. Godwin 

 (Sevenoaks) ; Miss A. Harley (Liverpool) ; 

 Miss M. E. Hambrough (Bath) ; Lt. -Colonel 

 Horniblow (Fleet) ; Miss Horrocks (Bolton) ; 

 H. V. W. KeU (Edgbaston); Rev. A. H. 

 Malan (Launceston) ; A. Bethune Morgan 

 (Hildenborough) ; Dr. Poole (Lytham) ; Mrs. 

 Roberts (London, S.W.) ; Edmn S. Taylor 

 (Sevenoaks) ; Dr. William Wallace (Board of 

 Agriculture, S.W.) ; Miss Weir (Goudhurst) ; 

 ]Vljrs. Lewas D. W^igan (Kirkcudbright). 



Life Members : C. H. L. Ewen (Wmdsor) ; 

 J. 0. Herdman (London, IS.), 



