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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 MidcUesex Guildhall, S.W., on 

 October 19th and December 7th, 1917, the 

 Chairman, Mr. Montagu Sharpe, presiding. 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 

 The Hon. Secretary reported the issue 

 by the Board of Agriculture of an Order 

 authorising the killing of certain wild birds 

 in the open season ; but as hardly any of 

 these were protected in any county at that 

 time, no action by the Society was called 

 for ; lectures had been given by the Rev. 

 W, Rathbone Supple, Rev. H. DaveniDort 

 Rice, ]VIr. C. S. Peppiette, Mr. E. E. Hankin- 

 8on, Mr. Vicars Webb, Rev. H. E. Smart, 

 Rev. J. E. Kelsall, Rev. T. Bo wen Evans, 

 Mr. G. Frisby, and Mrs. F. E. Lemon. The 

 award in the Bird-and-Tree Challenge Shield 

 Competitions was confirmed ; and the issue 

 of the Christmas greeting-card and of the 

 leaflet " Winter and the Birds " notified. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The accounts for the third quarter of 1917 

 and for October and November were passed. 

 It was announced that a legacy of £500 had 

 been received under the will of the late Mrs. 

 E. Phillips, from her executrix, IVIiss C. V. 

 Hall, and also one of £1000 from the late 

 Captain T. M J. Tailby. The resignation 

 was received with regret of Colonel Williams- 

 Freeman as hon. sec. for Brighton and 

 Hove. The following Fellows and Members 

 were elected : — 



FELLOW'S : Miss B. Booth (Kettering) ; 

 Captain H. W. Jessop (West Yorks Regi- 

 ment) ; Mrs. W. Bertie Roberts (London, 



S.W.) ; Miss J. H. Salkeld (Shillingstone) ; 

 Miss E. G. Woodd (Eastbourne). 



Members : Jas. Bartholomew (Torrance) ; 

 Mrs. R. D. Bolton (Oakamoor) ; H. E. 

 Bracher (Pembroke) ; J. F. Butterworth 

 (Manchester) ; Miss Cavendish-Bentinck 

 (Surrey) ; Sister Faith (London, S.E.) ; 

 Horace Gautrey (Cottenham) ; Albert J. 

 Harris (Exeter) ; Edward E. Hankinson 

 (Manchester) ; H. F. Jackson (Pembroke) ; 

 H. Jobbins (New Oxted) ; Rev. Cecil A. 

 Jones (Royston) ; J. Sylvester Mason (Hull) ; 

 Miss Meta McCombie, M.A (Middlesbrough) ;. 

 J. S. 0. Robertson-Luxford (Robertsbridge) ; 

 Mrs. Richmond, F.R.H.S. (Lustleigh) ; Mrs. 

 L. E. Rolleston (London, W.) ; Mrs. 

 Thompson (Crowland) ; Sir Thomas Trou- 

 bridge, Bart. (London, W.) : Mrs. Venning 

 (Heamoor) ; Hon. John Wallop (Morchard 

 Bishop). 



Life Member : The Earl of Eldon. 



Professor Gordon Hewitt, D.Sc, was 

 elected an Hon. Fellow. 



Gold Medal. 



It was proposed by the Chairman, and 

 unanimously agreed to, that the Society's 

 Gold Medal be awarded to Professor Gordon 

 Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, Ottawa, 

 and to Dr. W. T. Hornaday, New York 

 Zoological Park, in recognition of their 

 indefatigable services in securing the Treaty 

 between Canada and the United States for 

 the Protection of Migratory Birds. When 

 Lecturer in Economic Zoology at Manchester 

 University Dr. Gordon Hewitt gave invalu- 

 able help to the cause of bird protection 

 on economic grounds. It was through his 

 reports that nesting-boxes for birds were 

 established at Thirlmere to check the larch- 

 disease ; and at the meeting of the British 

 Association in 1908 he brought forward the 

 question of an enquiry into the food of birds, 

 which would doubtless have accomplished 



