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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 Middlesex Guildhall, 

 Westminster, S.W., on April 23rd, when 

 there were present : Mr. Montagu Sharpe 

 (Chairman) in the chair ; Mr. Bell, Miss 

 Clifton, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Miss Hall, 

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

 Mrs. Lemon, Mr. Meade-Waldo, Mr. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, Miss Pollock, and Captain 

 Tailby, and Miss L. Gardiner (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report. 



The Hon. Secretary reported on the 

 Annual Meeting, held on March 11th, 

 and the preparation of the Annual 

 Report ; eighteen lectures had been 

 given since January 22nd, as follows : — 



Jan. 26, Miss Constance Spender, Bath ; 

 Feb. 2, Mr. A. Badland, Bradford; Miss 

 E. Williams, Bishopstoke ; Miss Buckell, 

 Romsey ; Feb. 4, Mrs. Lemon, Streatham ; 

 Feb. 9, Mr. Masefield, Somers Town ; Mr. 

 Percy Clark, Leigh ; Feb. 15, Mr. Cragghill, 

 Cartmel Fell ; Feb. 22, Rev. A. Linzee Giles, 

 Malvern; March 11, Mrs. Turnbull, Derby ; 

 March 9, Mr. Masefield, Berkhamsted ; 

 March 21, Mrs. Turnbull, Derby ; March 13, 

 Mr. Vicars Webb, Bristol ; Mr. Masefield, 

 Ealing ; March 17, Mr. Vicars Webb, 

 Bristol; March 17, Mr. Percy Clark, Ather- 

 ton ; March 22, Mr. Edwin Cooper, Bed- 

 worth ; March 26, Mr. Harford, Horton. 



Five Bird Protection Orders had been 

 issued: Kent, February 11th, renewing 

 the previous Order, with the addition of 

 the Isle of Grain to the list of protected 

 breeding areas ; Lancashire, March 12th, 

 adding the Lark to the list of birds 

 protected throughout the year ; Radnor, 

 March 30th, the first Order for this 

 County, leaving Merioneth the only county 

 in England and Wales which is entirely 

 without one ; Roscommon, February 4th, 



renewing the Order of 1905 ; Meath, 

 March 25th, giving protection to Gold- 

 finch, Linnet, Siskin, Redpoll, and Skylark 

 all the year. — Seventeen Bird-and-Tree 

 Festivals had been held, and the Regula- 

 tions and entry -forms for the 1915 

 Competition had been issued, through 

 the Education Authorities of the several 

 counties, to Elementary Schools in Bucks, 

 Cumberland, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle 

 of Wight, Lancashire, Somerset, and 

 Warwickshire, the arrangements in 

 Norfolk and Northants being wholly 

 undertaken, as usual, by the Local 

 Authority. 



Some discussion took place with regard 

 to the number of County Boroughs still 

 without Orders, and it was decided to 

 make further efforts to induce these to 

 come into line with the County adminis- 

 trative areas. 



Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee. 



The statement of accounts for the first 

 quarter of 1915 was presented, the 

 receipts showing a decrease on last 

 year's, mainly in the special funds. Mr. 

 R. H. T. Drummond, of Watford, was 

 elected Hon. Local Secretary for South- 

 west Herts, and Mr. Douglas J. B. Wilson 

 for Dumbarton. The following Fellows 

 and Members were elected : — 



Fellows : Lady Colebrooke (London, 

 S.W.) ; K. J. Acton Davis (London, W.) ; 

 Geo. W. Hayes (Worplesdon) ; Dr. Henry 

 R. Hutton (Haslemere) ; G. E. Lodge 

 (London, S.W.) ; Colonel Rippon (London, 

 S.W.). 



Members : Dr. M. Ashley (Cirencester) ; 

 Miss Jane Barker (St. Albans) ; Miss J. M. 

 Bourne (Atherstone) ; T. L. Bradley (Not- 

 tingham) ; G. M. Burd (Purley) ; F. N. 



