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Bird Notes and News 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society held their 

 Quarterly Meeting at the Middlesex 

 Guildhall, on July 17th, when there were 

 present : Mr. Ernest Bell (in the chair, 

 in the unavoidable absence of the Chair- 

 man) ; Miss Clifton, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Dr. 

 Drewitt, Miss Hall, Mr. W. H. Hudson, 

 Mr. F. E. Lemon (Hon. Secretary), 

 Mrs. F. E. Lemon, Miss Pollock, Captain 

 Tailby, and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported the issue 

 of Bird Protection Orders for the Isle 

 of Ely (renewal), Norfolk (amended 

 Order), and Oldham (new Order). Four 

 lectures had been given since May 1st, 

 and eight Bird-and-Tree Festivals had 

 been held. The action taken for the 

 purpose of having Maidenhead Thicket 

 declared a protected area for wild birds 

 had unfortunately been unsuccessful. A 

 thousand additional copies of Bird Notes 

 and News, Summer Number, had been 

 printed and circulated, and considerable 

 attention had been devoted by the Press 

 to the article on the Protection of Migra- 

 ting Birds at Lighthouses, giving an 

 account of the Society's bird-rests. The 

 journal is now supplied for the tables 

 of over two hundred Public Libraries. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The accounts for the quarter were 

 passed. It was reported that Mr. Robert 

 Williams had resigned the Hon. Secretary- 

 ship for Cornwall, on account of political 

 engagements ; and Miss H. Gotch had 

 resigned for Kettering on leaving the 

 county, Miss M. Berrill, Pytchley Manor, 



being appointed her successor. The 

 following new Fellows and Members 

 were elected : — 



Fellows : Maurice E. Denny (Dumbar- 

 ton) ; Rev. Dr. James Drummond (Oxford) ; 

 G. A. Macmillan (London, S.W.) ; Mrs. 

 Byres Moir (London, W.) ; W. H. Patterson 

 (London, S.W.) ; J. A. Pownall (Cheshire) ; 

 Miss Sawbridge (Hungerford). 



Members : Henry E. Addison (London, 

 N.W.) ; Miss Anderson (Kilmarnock) ; 

 W. P. Birch (Steyning) ; Miss C. Boys 

 (Worthing) ; E. T. Brown (Berkhamsted) ; 

 Dr. Edward Burd (Shrewsbury) ; Miss Alice 

 Burnell (Tunbridge Wells) ; Arthur W- 

 Crossley (London, N.W.) ; W. A. Dilley 

 (Huntingdon) ; Lieut. -Colonel Duthie (Lon- 

 don, W.) ; Miss A. M. Elton Fripp 

 (Burnham) ; W. E. Glegg (London, N.) ; 

 J. R. Gleghorn (London, N.W.) ; C. Gostling 

 (Hove) ; Mrs. E. Greene (Berkhamsted) ; 

 Mrs. Hughes (Gidea Park) ; Miss L. I. 

 Lumsden, LL.D. (Murtle, N.B.) ; Mrs. A. 

 Morton (Shettisham) ; Miss Evelyn Nickels 

 (London, N.W.) ; Miss Pownall (Cheshire) ; 

 Mrs. Herbert Scarfe (Totteridge) ; F. 

 Smalley, F.Z.S. (Carnforth) ; Lady Thomas 

 (Wooburn) ; Miss J. V. Vaudrey (Derby). 



The Watchers Committee. 



A general report of the work in the 

 1014 season was presented. 



General Business. 



The Duke of Abercorn and Admiral 

 Morrell were elected Vice-Presidents of 

 the Society. Mr. J. P. Thijsse and 

 Mr. Alphonse Burdet (Holland), Dr. 

 Albarracin (Buenos Ayres), and M. 

 Severin Baudouy (Sainte-Cecile, France), 

 were nominated as Hon. Fellows, in 

 view of their eminent services for the 

 protection of bird-life in their respective 

 countries. Captain Tailby reported on 

 his visit to the Exposition Internationale 

 at Paris ; his interviews with the 



