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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 Guildhall, Westminster, 

 S.W., on October 20th and December 

 15th, 1922, the Chairman, Sir Montagu 

 Sharpe, K.C., presiding. 



The Reports presented by the Hon. 

 Secretary referred feelingly to the death 

 of Mr. W. H. Hudson, of Mrs. Owen 

 Visger, and of Mr. L. J. Bonhote ; and 

 on the motion of the Chairman, seconded 

 by the Hon. Secretary (Mr. Frank E. 

 Lemon), it was unanimously agreed to 

 record on the minutes the deep regret 

 felt by the Council at the loss of Mr. 

 Hudson, their old and valued colleague 

 of many years' standing, as well as their 

 appreciation of the valuable services 

 rendered by him to the cause of bird- 

 preservation, not only in comiection with 

 the Society, but also by the influence of 

 his books and letters. It was also agreed 

 that letters of regret and condolence 

 should be written to Mrs. L. J. Bonhote 

 and Mrs. Belcher (Miss Visger). 



The Hon. Secretary reported the issue 

 of Bird Protection Orders for Cambridge- 

 shire, extending the Wicken Fen area 

 order ; for Somerset, protecting the eggs 

 of the Lapwing ; and for the County 

 Borough of Liverpool, giving protection 

 to all birds throughout the year. Thirty- 

 one lectures had been given. The awards 

 of the judges in the Bird and Tree Com- 

 petition were made known and approved. 

 Correspondence with the Forestry Com- 

 mission and other bodies was considered, 

 and the passing of the Oil in Navigable 

 Waters Act recorded. At the later meet- 

 ing, the initiation of the W. H. Hudson 

 Memorial was reported, and a donation 

 from the Society of ten guineas was 

 unanimously voted. It was further 

 decided to purchase for the Society a 

 set of the Collected Works of Mr. Hudson, 

 which is being issued by Messrs. J. M. 

 Dent & Sons, to whom permission has 

 been given to include leaflets written for 

 the R.S.P.B. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee presented the statement of 

 accounts, which included, besides the 

 intimation of the bequest from Mr. 

 Hudson, small legacies from the late 

 Mr. W. Farmer and the late Miss Cox. 

 The appointments of Miss P. Barclay- 

 Smith and Miss W. M. Stephens on the 

 Secretarial staff of the Society were con- 

 firmed. The following Fellows and 

 Members were elected : 



Fellows : — J. H. de N. Abbott, Miss Attwood, Sir 

 William Bennett, Captain H. E. L. Bolton, F. Bostock, 

 Rev. Canon Brook-Jackson, Miss R. Biirroughcs, 

 Mrs. Capron, Miss Barbara Claj-ton, B. S. Collard, 

 Miss J. E. Collingham, R. F. B.'Crose, Sir Gerald du 

 Maurier, Miss Dunlop, R. C. K. Ensor, Miss Isabella 

 Ford, R«v, A. Linzee Giles, Algernon Gissing, Miss 

 Alice M. Grimes, Miss Horsfall, Miss Hudleston, 

 Misses Hunting, L. Campbell Johnston, G. W. Lloyd, 

 M.D., Miss N. F. Loch, Miss May Michaelson, Arthur H. 

 Norris, Mrs. Wilfred Pan-, Roland T. Pounds, Kenneth 

 R. Swan, Eugene Todd, Mrs. A. M. Wallis, Mrs. 

 Williams, Miss E. M. Wilson, L. ]\I. Wjoich. 



Members : — Mrs. Abel, Miss Lucy Alcock. Miss M. 

 Aldred, Arthur Astley, Miss F. A. Baker, J. Bassnctt, 

 Miss E. Bateson, Miss Batt, Mrs. Boardsell, Mrs. Lindsay 

 Bergham, MissN. Bewley, Mrs. Rodger Best, Miss Bible, 

 Percy Billington, Mrs. Bissell, Mrs. E. C. Bird, Rev. 

 E. C. Blaxland, F. A. Bolton, Mrs. F. A. Bolton, Misses 

 Bolton, Miss Adela Brant, Miss Dorothy Brooke, 

 Mrs. Brooks, Miss Hilda G. Brown, Mis. Brudenell, 

 Mrs. Burley, Miss D. Burroughes, Alex. Cameron, 

 G. A. Capron, Mrs. Carr, Mrs. F. B. Challinor, Miss 

 Rosa Chapman, Ralph Chislett. Mrs. Chorley, Miss C. 

 Claughton, Mi-s. W. W. Cobbett, H. E. Cookson, 

 H. C. Cremen, S. A. Collard, Miss Helen Dalrymple, 

 Mrs. Despard, Mrs. Dicksee, R. Dobell, Mrs. R. Dobell, 

 A. E. Dunliam, Miss Marjory Dunham, Miss Phyllis 

 Dunham, Mrs. Duval, Mrs. R. Emmett, H. B. Elling, 

 Mrs. F. Ellison, T. B. Faithfull, Mrs. Fenn, Arthur Finn, 

 Mrs. M. F. Ford. Mrs. Freer, Mrs. Friedenham, Hon. 

 Juliet Gardner, W. Ganley, Mrs. Goodenough, Miss 

 Grieve, T. W. Greene, Miss Gulland, C. Gyzen, Miss 

 K. L. Hall, Major Hall, Percy J. Hanson, Miss M. Hart, 

 Miss Clare C. Hargrove, T. 0. Harrison, Miss Hamer, 

 Lt.-Colonel G. A. Hawkes, Rev. E. Hanson, Miss 

 Haynes, Miss Mary M. Hayward, Mrs. Heaviside, 

 Richmond Hellyer, Miss Barbara Highton, Henry 

 Holiday, Miss Winifred Holiday, JMiss C. R. Holland, 

 Miss Vere Hutchinson, Mrs. Henry Jones, Mrs. H. B. 

 Jowitt, Miss K. Jacques, Miss F. 'M. Keith, Mrs. K. 

 Kane, Miss E. M. Kane, Miss M. K. Kane, Miss M. E. 

 Knight, l\Dss Agnes Leith, Arthur H. Lemon, C.M.G., 

 Mrs. A. H. Lemon, H. R. Lemon, R.E., Miss Linton, 

 Miss L. J. Lutton, Miss Lyle, Miss Mackay, A. J. W. 

 McNicol, William Marshall, Samuel Mann,G. H. Millar, 

 Mrs. Moorhouse, Mrs. S. Moberly, J. E. P. Morris, 

 The Lady Newborough, E. A. M. Norie, Mrs. Palairet, 

 Captain G. Penruddocke, Hon. Mrs. Parsons, Mrs. 

 Peel, Captain Oliver G. Pike, Mrs. de Quineey, Miss 



