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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The Duchess of Portland, President, presided 

 over the Annual Meeting of the Society held 

 at the Westminster Palace Hotel on February 

 loth, 1909, when the annual report was 

 adopted, and the Council and Officers were 

 elected. A full report of the proceedings, 

 which is sent to all the Fellows, Members, 

 and Associates of the Society, can be had 

 from the Society's office. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The quarterly meeting of the Council 

 was held at No. 3, Hanover Square, on 

 January 29th, 1909. There were present : 

 Mr. Meade-Waldo (in the Chair), Mr. Ernest 

 Bell, Miss Clifton, Mr. H. E. Dresser, Miss 

 Hall, Hon. Mrs. Arthur Henniker, Mr. W. 

 H. Hudson, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Miss Pollock, 

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

 Secretary), and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary's Eeport gave the 

 following list of lectures for the month : — 



Jan. 14th — Rev. C. Thomas . . Betteshanger. 

 Jan. 19th — Rev. G. E. Startup.. Southampton. 

 Jan. 21st — Rev. C. Thomas . . Eastry. 

 Jan. 22nd — Mr. Parkinson Curtis . . Aysgarth. 

 Jan. 25th — Rev. G. E. Startup . . Southampton. 



and stated that a new Bird Protection Order 

 had been issued for Dorset ; that the difficulty 

 in obtaining Orders for the Scottish Burghs 

 had been overcome by Section 28 of the 

 Local Government of Scotland Act, 1908, 

 which received the Royal Assent on December 

 21st ; and that some twenty Bird and Tree 

 Festivals had been held since the Council's 

 last meeting. 



The Finance snd General Purposes Com- 

 mittee reported that the accounts for the 

 year 1908 had been duly audited, and recom- 

 mended certain investments of moneys from 

 legacies and life payments. They reported 

 that the Hon. Secretary of the South 



Australian Branch of the Society, Mrs. John 

 Playford, had resigned, and that her successor 

 was Miss Ware, of Adelaide ; and it was 

 agreed that Mrs. Playford be elected a Life 

 Member of the Society, and that the Council's 

 appreciation of her long and valuable services 

 to the cause as Hon. Secretary of the Branch 

 since its formation in 1894, be recorded in 

 the minutes. 



The following were elected as Members : — 



Miss Benson (Penn, Bucks), C. Howard Bentham 

 (Oxted), Mrs. Burdon (Royston), R. Burrowes 

 (Cathcart, Glasgow), Mrs. Cazalet (Malvern), Miss 

 Chaplin (London, W.), R. Jackson Coombe (Beau- 

 chief, Yorks), Hon. M. Douglas Pennant (London, 

 S.W.), G. Eaton (London, S.W.), S. M. Grant 

 (Lincoln), C. Hanbury (Little Berkhamsted), F. 

 J. Hanbury (East Grinstead), Miss Lakin (Malvern), 

 Mrs. McVitie (Berkhamsted), H. W. Miles (London. 

 N.), Miss E. Spender (Rome), Mrs. Stockwell 

 (Lucknow), Mrs. Sturge (Mildenhall), Colonel 

 Williams-Freeman (Hove), Percy Wright (Quorn). 



The Publication Committee reported that 

 the judges appointed by the Council had 

 examined the essays on " International 

 Legislation for Bird Protection," and the 

 seals of the envelopes having been broken, 

 it appeared that the Gold Medal and twenty 

 guineas had been" awarded to Mr. A. Holte 

 Macpherson (London), and the second prize of 

 ten guineas to Colonel Momber (San Remo). 

 The question of the protection of the Bird-of- 

 Paradise was further considered, and the 

 draft of the annual report passed. 



General Business. — Mr.W. H. St. Quintin, 

 F.Z.S., was nominated for election as a 

 Member of the Council of the Society, in 

 succession to "the late Hon. Alfred Dobson. 

 The arrangements in connexion with the work 

 of the Society's inspector during the close 

 season were discussed, and other matters 

 were dealt with. 



Meetings of the Watchers' Committee and 

 the Publication Committee were held on 

 February 19th. 



