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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



COUNCIL MEETING 



The quarterly meeting of the Council was 

 held at the Guildhall, "Westminster, on July 

 21st, 1922, the Chairman, Sir Montagu Sharpe, 

 K.C., presiding. 



The Hon. Secretary's report stated that the 

 Privy Council had acceded to the request of 

 the Chairman for the amendment of the 

 paragraph in the Society's Charter which 

 limited the number of its Fellows to 500. In 

 consequence of the increase in the Society's 

 membership, the number is now altered to two 

 thousand. The issue of an amended Bird 

 Protection Order for Worcestershire gives the 

 full protection of the Goldfinch for which the 

 Society has been appealing for some years. 

 Fifteen Bird and Tree Festivals had been held, 

 and five lectures given, illustrated by the 

 Society's lantern slides. The progress in 

 Parliament of the Oil in Navigable Waters Bill 

 was reported ; as was also the Eeception given 

 at the Zoological Gardens to welcome Mr. 

 Gilbert Pearson, President of the Audubon 

 Association of America, and the formation of 

 the International Bird Protection Committee 

 recorded in the Summer Number of Bird Notes 

 AND News. In a cordial and graceful letter 

 since received by the Hon. Secretary, Mr. 

 Pearson wrote : " One of the most enjoyable 

 memories of my trip to Europe will be the 

 reception of the Eoyal Society. I was much 

 touched with the feeling of good-will mani- 

 fested, and the pleasant way in which my 

 remarks were received. I am very glad I had 

 the opportunity of meeting you and seeing as 

 much of you as I did, and from now on will 

 hope to keep in closer touch with you in your 

 splendid efforts." 



The Finance and General Purposes Committee 

 presented the accounts for the quarter, noting 

 that a bequest of £35 13s. had been received 

 under the will of the late Mr. Wilham Farmer, 

 who left the residue of his estate to be divided 

 among societies for the protection of children, 

 animals and birds. The Council had to 

 deplore the death of Canon Vaughan, of Win- 

 chester, an Hon. Secretary of the Society in 

 Hampshire since 1905. The appointments 

 were approved of Miss A. M. Christian as 

 Hon. Sec. for Hampstead, Major Teichman- 

 Derville, for the Littlestone District of Kent, 



and Dr. R. C. C. Clay, Salisbury. The following 

 Fellows and Members were elected : — 



Fellows : — Admiral Sir R. Bacon, K.C.B., 

 Hon. B. Barrington, H. P. Burrell, M. Jules 

 Buyssens, Edward Clodd, J. P., Herbert E, 

 Cobb, A. C. Davey, Sir H. Bryan Donkin, Miss 

 E. Elphinstone, Chas. F. Faulkner, H. R. 

 Hooper, Capt. J. P. Hudon, A. G. Hudson, 

 Mrs. Scarboro' Johnson, Benjamin Karleese, 

 F.C.I.S., John B. Kesteven, Arthur H. Moorton, 

 Mrs. Newton, W. Romaine Paterson, H. W. 

 Rawlinson, Sir Mark L. Romer, Rev. T. F. 

 Royds, Hugh F. Spender, Emil Teichmann, 

 F.R.G.S., Major H. W. Thatcher, Henry C. 

 Trollope. 



Life Fellow : Sir John F. Ramsden. 



Members : Mrs. C. J. Allin, M. N. Asterley, 

 Miss Barclay-Smith, Miss P. Barclay-Smith, 

 Miss Bible, R. Bourke, Nicholas M. Bray, 

 Richard E. Bromet, E. C. Buchan, Miss Rosa L. 

 Buckle, R. W. Butler, John Campbell, Miss 

 Chadwick, Sir Arthur Churchman, Bart., M.P., 

 Percy Clark, J.P., Mrs. Cohen, Mrs. R. W. 

 Courtney, H. Davis, Miss Mercy Denton, Miss 

 M. B. Dockray, Miss Jessie Donald, Mrs. W. C. 

 Drummond, Mrs. Dunn, George Ellison, Miss 

 Anna Ewart, Miss Alice Fletcher, Miss Alice 

 Foster, Miss Mirabel Fowke, Miss Anna Fox, 

 Mrs. Edmund Garrett, Miss M. E. Garwood, 

 Mrs. Alys R. Giles, Lt.-Gen. Sir John Goodwin, 

 A. E. Greenhill, Mrs. Greenhill, Mrs. Radclyffe 

 Hall, J. P. Hardiman, C.B.E., Mrs. H. G. 

 Holden, James Hirst HoUowell, Mrs. J. B. 

 Hyde, Miss Inge, H. W. Jacob, M.D., M.A., 

 Major J. W. Jardine, Edward Johnson, Capt. 

 H. Kindersley, E. R. Koek, C. F. Krabbe, 

 Miss Ada C. Lance, Cecil Lay, Maurice J. Lips- 

 combe, Mrs. Lord, Alex. D. Mackay, Miss Agnes 

 Martelli, Rev. M. McLean, Dr. Arnold McMillan, 

 Miss Mercer, Mrs. Macrae Moir, Mrs. Chamber- 

 lain Mole, K. 0. Hardiman Nash, Mrs. J. Hardi- 

 man Nash, Miss P. Nash, H. D. Parker, Capt. 

 P. Fitzgeorge Parker, Mrs. Payne, Dr. G. 

 Peachey, E. S. Peacock, R. W. Pethen, F. 

 Lort Phillips, Miss Radford, F. Rennert, Lady 

 Ridsdale, Miss W. Rintoul, Miss N. C. Ripley, 

 Mrs. Jessie Rowlands, Miss J. J. Saint, Col. 

 E. W. Shaw, J.P., Miss H. C. Shroerluke, George 

 Smith, Miss Smyth, H. J. Spon, W. Lees 

 Stenning, Mrs. Lees Stenning, Rev. Reginald 

 Stowell, B. M. Stratton, F. Sudlow, Mrs. C. M. 

 Tanner, Mrs. A. Thompson, John 0. Thornton, 



