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species more rare than the Peregrine ; were compelled to refuse all permission 

 and this season the Watchers' Committee to photograph in " watched " areas. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds 



COUNCIL MEETING 



The quarterly meeting of the Society was 

 held at the Guildhall, Westminster, on 

 April 13th, 1923, Sir Montagu Sharpe, 

 K.C, Chairman, presiding. 



The Hon. Secretary's Report recorded 

 with sorrow the death of yet another 

 member of the Society's Council, whose 

 losses have been so heavy during the last 

 twelvemonth. The Hon. Mrs. Arthur 

 Henniker had sent a message of regret 

 at inability to attend the Society's Annual 

 Meeting, on account of ill-health, but the 

 fatal end of her illness was wholly un- 

 expected. A devoted friend of birds and 

 of all animals, her interest, sympathy and 

 influence will be greatly missed. The 

 Council unanimously desired that letters 

 of regret and condolence should be sent 

 to Mrs. Henniker's brother, the Marquess 

 of Crewe, and to her niece, Lady Cynthia 

 Colville. The funeral took place at 

 Finningham, Suffolk, on April 10th, when 

 a wreath was sent from the Council. 



The Report stated that two Bird 

 Protection Orders had been issued, one 

 for Westmorland, giving all the year pro- 

 tection to the Green Woodpecker and 

 protecting its eggs, and removing special 

 protection from the Lesser Blackbacked 

 Gull; and the other for Staffordshire, 

 adding the Heron to the schedule, this 

 being due to Mr. Masefield, who brought 

 to notice the shooting out of a heronry 

 when the birds were nesting. Forty 

 lectures had been given : by the Rev. 

 F. T. Blathwayt, Mr. R. J. Cragghill, Mr. 

 A. C. Eraser, Mr. Gilbert-Cooper, Mr. 

 J. E. Hall, Rev. J. Heaton, Mr. C. T. 

 Hirst, Mr. S. Henry, Rev. J. E. Kelsall, 

 Mr. J. R. B. Masefield, Mr. W. Marshall, 

 Mr. C. H. Peppiette, Mr. H. C. Playne, 

 Mr. W. Raw, Mr. A. B. Rendall, Mr. 

 Thomas Smith, Rev. J. G. Tuck, Mr. 

 C. W. Turner, Dr. C. B. Ticehurst, Mr. 



H. Vicars Webb, Miss E. WiUiams, Sir D. 

 Wilson-Barker, and others. Some thirty 

 Bird and Tree Festivals had been notified. 

 The removal of the Society to its new 

 offices at Grosvenor Mansions, 82, Victoria 

 Street, was announced. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee presented the quarterly state- 

 ment of accounts and bills for payment. 

 A legacy of £10 had been received under 

 the will of the late Mrs. Witchell, widow 

 of Mr. C. A. Witchell, of Cheltenham, 

 formerly an Hon. Local Secretary of the 

 Society. Mr. W. J. Atkinson had resigned 

 the Hon. Secretaryship for Hythe, which 

 he had held since 1916, and cordial thanks 

 were voted for his services. His place is 

 taken by Mrs. Nicholas Wood. Miss 

 M. B. Gaskoin resumes the Secretaryship 

 for Tunbridge Wells ; Mr. Thomas Smith, 

 Froghall, Stoke-on-Trent, becomes joint- 

 Secretary with ]VIr. E. J. Bolton in Stafford- 

 shire ; Mrs. Barnard was elected Hon. 

 Secretary for the Merstham district of 

 Surrey, and Miss Borrow, Haddenham, 

 for West Bucks. 



The following Fellows and Members 



were elected : — 



Fellows : — Cresswell A. Cresswell (W.) ; Miss 

 Darby (Bucks) ; Midshipman J. Furse, R.N. ; Hon. 

 Mrs. H, N. Gladstone (Hawarden) ; J. Rudge Harding 

 (S.W.); Captain C. W. R. Knight (Kent); H. P. 

 Macmillan, K.C. (Edinburgh) ; Mrs. A. L, Norris 

 (Essex) ; Mrs. Cecil Parsons (Surrey) ; Miss Alison 

 Pumphrey (Northumberland) ; Norman Southern 

 (Northumberland) ; Hon. Mrs. Dudley Ward (S.W.) ; 

 Commander A. T. Wilson, R.N., Mrs. Wilson 

 (Brecon) ; Viscount Wolverhampton (Norfolk). 



Members : — Henry J. Allen (Worcs.) ; J. Seymour 

 Allen (Yorks) ; Miss Ballard (Worcs.) ; Miss Helen 

 Barlow (W.) ; Miss Beckett (Glos.) ; Miss Binyon 

 (Worcs.) ; Miss A. Borrow (Bucks) ; Lieut, C. J. 

 Boyle (Jamaica) ; George Smith Brook (Yorks) ; Miss 



D. E. Brown (Wales) ; Miss I, J. Bruce (S.W.) ; Miss 



E. Burrows (Devon) ; Miss P. M. Butler (Berks) ; 

 J. T. Capron (Yorks) ; Lieut. -Colonel Cator (Hereford) ; 

 Mrs. B. Collard (Kent) ; Miss D. E. CoUer (S.W.) ; 

 G. E. Collins (Surrey) ; Miss Grace (Bucks) ; Mrs. 

 S. R. Davidson (Middx.) ; Ben Dawson (Yorks) ; Mrs. 

 Des Voeux (Hants) ; Mrs, D. Devant (N.W.) ; Miss 

 E. A, Dickinson, Miss M. Dickinson (Kent) ; Miss 



