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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 Middlesex Guildhall, 

 Westminster, S.W., on October 22nd 

 and December 4th, 1914, the Chairman 

 (Mr. Montagu Sharpe) presiding. 



Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported the issue 

 of Bird Protection Orders for West 

 Sussex, Great Yarmouth, Leeds, and 

 Antrim. That for Leeds is a new Order 

 on the lines of that for the West Riding ; 

 the others are renewals, with amendments. 

 The Kent County Council had considered 

 the request of the Society that the Isle 

 of Grain should be added to the protected 

 areas for eggs in that county, and had 

 applied to the Home Office for an 

 amendment of the Order to that effect. 

 Lectures illustrated by the Society's 

 slides had been given at Hoddesdon, by 

 Mr. J. A. Tregelles ; Forest Gate, by 

 Miss Hamilton ; Bethnal Green, by Miss 

 Clifton ; Hertford, by Mr. F. W. Headley ; 

 Burton-on-Trent, by Mr. C. Hanson ; 

 and Barrow-on-Soar by Mr. G. Frisby. 

 The awards in the Bird-and-Tree County 

 and Inter-County Competitions were re- 

 ported, also the Festival held at Keswick 

 on November 18th, when the Cumberland 

 Shield and Book Prizes were handed to 

 the St. John's Girls' Team by Mrs. F. E. 

 Marshall. It was agreed not to circulate 

 the regulations for 1915 until next 

 spring. The awards in the Public School 

 Essay Competition were also approved. 

 The Greeting Card for 1914-15 had been 

 published, and the difficulty as to the 

 supply of Nesting-Boxes having been 

 overcome, the depot for the sale of these 

 was continuing its work. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The accounts for the third quarter of 

 1914, and for October and November, 

 were presented and approved. The 

 appointment of Miss Emily Spender as 

 Hon. Local Secretary for Bath was 

 confirmed. The following Fellows and 

 Members were elected : — 



Life Fellow : Mrs. E. C. T. Miller, 

 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. 



Fellows : The Duke of Abercorn, Frank 

 S. Abbott (Didsbury), H. G. Alexander 

 (Tunbridge Wells), Charles Oldham (Berk- 

 hamsted), F. Smalley (Carnforth). 



Members : Miss A. M. Bonus (Croydon), 

 Mrs. Bouch (Warwick), Herbert Francis 

 (Stapenhill), Miss Fuller (Bath), Guille-Alles 

 Library (the Librarian ex officio), G. W. 

 Macnaughten, M.D. (London, S.W.), Miss 

 Esther Nean (London, S.W.), Mrs. W. Herries 

 Pollock (Alton), Rev. C. G. Roffe-Silvester 

 (Hindhead), Mrs. Marke Wood (Deal), 

 A. Wyatt (Brighton). 



It was agreed that a letter should be 

 sent to the relatives of the late Miss N. 

 Taylor, assistant-secretary of the Society, 

 expressing the Council's appreciation of 

 her loyal work and their regret at her 

 loss ; the appointment of Miss Anderson 

 in her place was confirmed. 



The Watchers Committee 



reported on the satisfactory work done 

 during the season at the various watched 

 areas. At Brean Down the chief Watcher, 

 Mr. Ernest Hawkings, had enlisted in 

 the New Army, and the duties would 

 for the present be carried out by 

 his brother. Mr. Meade-Waldo and 

 Mr. Ogilvie-Grant had visited the Shet- 

 land^ and Orkneys, and Dr. Drewitt, 

 Cornwall ; and it was decided that 



