BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



Annual Report for 1907,which were considered 

 and approved. 



The Watchers' Committee reported on 

 the expenditure of the Fund in 1907, and the 

 arrangements proposed for Watching in 1908 ; 

 on the work of H.M. Coastguard in assisting 

 Bird Protection ; on the status of the 

 Bearded Tit in Norfolk ; and on measures 

 to be taken with respect to intended raids 

 on birds and eggs by certain dealers. 



General Business. — Mr. Ogilvie-Grant 

 was elected a member of the Council in the 

 place of the late Mr. Howard Saunders. A 

 long discussion took place with reference to 

 the preservation of the Birds of Paradise 

 in British, German, and Dutch New Guinea ; 

 and other important questions were con- 

 sidered. 



Meetings of the Finance and General Pur- 

 poses Committee and the Watchers' Com- 

 mittee were held on February 21st, when, 

 inter alia, a proposed Bill for checking the 

 importation of plumage was discussed, the 

 framer of it, Mr. Buckland, a Member of the 

 Society, being present by invitation. The 

 Watchers' Committee also met on March 9th. 



The Watchers' Committee of the Society 

 have made a special appeal on behalf of the 

 Watchers' Fund, through which breeding- 

 places of rare birds are watched and grants 

 made to local efforts for the same end. The 

 letter was published in the Times, Field, 

 and some fifty other leading newspapers. 

 Donations and subscriptions received in 

 response will be acknowledged in the Summer 

 Number of Bird Notes and News. 



usr ^sr Bird Protection Orders, ^sr ^sr 



The following County Council Orders have been 

 issued since January 1st, 1908 : — 



Lancashire. March 4th, 1908. A (b), 

 B E. Certain species added to the Schedule 

 for the whole county, and certain species for 

 county except Hundred of Amounderness. 

 Certain eggs protected in whole county ; others 

 for county except in Amounderness. All 

 birds protected throughout the year in the 

 river Mersey between Liverpool and War- 

 rington. Same as previous Order, but eggs of 

 Lapwing now protected after April 20th. 



East Suffolk. January 16th, 1908. 

 B C F S. Close time extended to September 

 1st, except for Snipe and Wild Duck. Certain 

 species added to Schedule and protected all the 

 year. Sunday protection in the eastern portion 

 of the county and in named parishes. Similar 

 to Order of 1902, but protection then given to 

 all eggs on a part of the coast is removed. 



Yorkshire, West Riding. January 25th, 

 1908. B C D E F S. Numerous species added 

 to the Schedule and protected all the year. 

 Eggs of various species protected. As Order 

 of 1907, with the addition of Sunday protection 

 throughout the West Riding, except in the 

 Forest of Bowland. 



Scotland. The Scottish Orders have been 

 renewed for three years, expiring on February 

 28 th, 1911, with the exception of those 

 for Elgin (no application) and Nairn (under 

 consideration). Bute remains without an 

 Order. Very few alterations are made. Com- 

 plete Sunday protection is obtained for Kircud- 

 bright and Fife ; it is granted in each case for 

 the whole county, without any of the elaborate 

 specification of parts hitherto deemed necessary 

 in English Orders. Sir Herbert Maxwell's plea 

 for the Shellduck has resulted in all-the-year 

 protection for the species in the adjacent 

 counties of Dumfries, Kirkcudbright, and 

 Wigtown. The same three counties extend 

 Close Time for Woodcock to October 1st. 

 Inverness extends it to September 1st for most 

 of the birds in the Schedule. Eccentricity in 

 this line is achieved by Ross, where Gulls are 

 allowed a nesting season only from March 1st 

 to March 7th. Three counties — Caithness, 

 Aberdeen, and Kincardine — protect the eggs of 

 the Lapwing after April 1st ; all other counties 

 after April 15th. On the other hand, pro- 

 tection for game eggs, previously given 

 in certain districts, is withdrawn for the 

 reason that they are safeguarded by the Game 

 Laws. 



