BIBB NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society held its quarterly 

 meeting on July 17th, 1908, Mr. Montagu 

 Sharpe (Chairman) presiding. Present : Mr. 

 Ernest Bell, Hon. A. Dobson, Mr. H. E. 

 Dresser, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, Miss Hall, Mr. 

 Hudson, Mrs. F. E. Lemon, Mr. Meade- 

 Waldo, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Miss Pollock, 

 Captain Tailby, Mr. E. E. Lemon (Hon. 

 Secretary), Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report gave par- 

 ticulars of the progress in Committee of the 

 Importation of Plumage Bill ; of Sir Frederick 

 Banbury's Bill dealing with the " teagle " ; 

 and of the seven Bird Protection Orders issued 

 since the last meeting of the Council ; and 

 stated that lectures had been given, on April 

 9th, at Cuckfield, by Miss Paine, and on July 

 7th at Romford, by Miss Clifton. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee presented the statement of 

 accounts for the quarter. Two Hon. Local 

 Secretaries were appointed : Miss H. P. 

 Gotch for Kettering, and Mrs. George 

 Chichester for Pilton, Barnstaple ; and thanks 

 were accorded for the past work of Miss 

 Wicksteed and Mrs. Nicholson, resigned. 

 Seven new Fellows were elected, namely, 

 Hon. Mrs. Alfred Dobson, Lexham Gardens, 

 W. ; Miss Byas, Alexandra Club, W. ; H. 

 Brinsley Brooke, British Legation, Berne ; 

 A. H. Louis, Middle Temple : Mrs. Markham, 

 Morland, Penrith ; Mrs. John Noble, Park 

 Place, Henley-on-Thames ; Mrs. Williams- 

 Freeman, Egerton Gardens, S.W. Mr. 

 William Weir, of Kildonan and Adam ton, 

 Sutherlandshire, was elected a Life Fellow; 

 and Mr. A. W. Oke, of Orielton, Highfield 

 Lane, Southampton, a Life Member. 



The following were elected Members : — 



Mrs. Arthur Allen (Ilminster), Mrs. 

 Allport (Bedford Park, W.), The Dowager 



Lady Borthwick, Captain Baldwin (Hythe) 

 Mrs. Bartrum (Bromley), Dr. J. C. Baker 

 (Aylesbury), W. Bennett (The College, 

 Brighton), Major R. Hunter Blair (Edrom, 

 N.B.), Rev. W. H. Brown (Brighton), 

 Mrs. W. Benson (Fourstones-on-Tyne), Miss 

 Olga Briggs (Wilmslow), Mrs. H. Cohen 

 (Headingley), Mrs. Cole (Berkhamsted), 

 Miss Coulson (Houghton Hall, Carlisle), Mrs. 

 Cumberlege (London, W.), Miss Dickenson 

 (Mickleham), Miss Drummond (Fredley, 

 Dorking), Mrs. Farmer (Oatlands), Mrs. 

 Foss (Totteridge), Holdsworth Gunn (N. 

 Finchley), E. H.^Hensman, M.A. (Head Master 

 Quorn Grammar School), M. Haworth-Booth 

 (London, S.W.), Mrs. Henderson (Berk- 

 hamsted), T. G. Jackson, R.A. (Wimbledon), 

 A. Kennedy (St. John's, S.E.), F. L. King, 

 M.A. (The College, Brighton), Miss Lambart 

 (Colwyn Bay), Mrs. Lathbury (South Ken- 

 sington), W. C. Littler (Launceston, Tas- 

 mania), Mrs. Milvain (Alnwick), A. Moir 

 (Dumfries), J. W. McLellan (Westgate-on- 

 Sea), Mrs. G. Miller (Rock Ferry), Miss 

 Oakeshott (Rock Ferry), Mrs. Lawley Parker 

 (Edgbaston), Miss E/M. Powell (Sydenham 

 Hill), C. S. Prichard (58th Regt.), D. Potter 

 (London, S.E.), Miss Coxwell Rogers (Chel- 

 tenham), Miss Roscoe (London, W.), Mrs. 

 Whit worth Russell (Kensington), Frank 

 Russell (Blackheath), Mrs. Scott (Bourne- 

 mouth), Mrs. Severn (Coniston), Captain 

 J. C.Scott (Killiecrankie House), H. Pendrell 

 Smith (Blackheath Park), F. G. Swan 

 (Cambridge), C. Hewlett Taylor (Croydon), 

 Miss C. Thompson (Southsea), G. Stuart 

 Thomson (Barrow-on-Soar), Mrs. Worthington 

 (Duffield), Mrs. Fitzherbert Wright (West 

 Hallam Hall, Derby). 



The following societies had become affili- 

 ated : Woking Field Club, Louth Anti- 

 quarian Society and Field Club, Midland 

 Railway Natural History Society, Brighton 

 College Natural History Society. 



The Publication Committee reported 

 on the arrangements made for the next 

 season's Christmas card, etc. 



The Watchers' Committee reported on 

 the Watching arrangements at Dungeness, 



