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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society held their 

 quarterly meeting at No. 3, Hanover Square, 

 W., on April 30th, when there were present : 

 Sir John Cockburn (in the chair), Mr. Bell, 

 Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Miss Clifton, Mr. Dresser, 

 Dr. Drewitt, Miss Hall, Mrs. F. E. Lemon, 

 Mr. Meade-Waldo, Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Miss 

 Pollock, Captain Tailby, Mrs. Owen Visger, 

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

 the Secretary (Miss Gardiner). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report recorded 

 the death of Mr. Francis King, Member of 

 Council, and it was agreed that the Council's 

 sense of his services to the cause and of the 

 loss sustained by the Society should be 

 noted on the minutes. It was reported that 

 the Earl of Crewe and Earl Cawdor had 

 become Vice-Presidents of the Society, and 

 that the following had accepted appointment 

 as Hon. Life Fellows : Mr. William Dutcher, 

 Mr. Frank Chapman, Mr. A. H. Mattingley, 

 Freiherr von Berlepsch, Herr Otto Herman, 

 and Herr F. E. Blauuw. It was also reported 

 that the petition respecting the protection of 

 the Bird of Paradise in New Guinea had been 

 transmitted to the Government of Australia 

 by the Colonial Office, but that while this 

 was on its way a copy had been received of 

 an Ordinance on the subject, issued by 

 the Administrator of the Territory on 

 December 9th, 1908. The Jersey Wild Birds 

 Protection Bill was lost on the third reading, 

 in a small House, by five votes, the second 

 reading having been passed by a large 

 majority, but it is proposed to bring in 

 another Bill next year. Twelve new Bird 

 Protection Orders had been issued since 

 January 1st, 1909. A satisfactory increase 

 was shown generally in the entries in the 

 Bird and Tree Competitions in Bedfordshire, 

 Bucks, Cumberland, Hampshire, Norfolk, 

 Somerset, and Warwick, and a competition 



Feb. 



was also being arranged by the Northampton- 

 shire Education Committee, the winning 

 school to be eligible for the Society's Inter- 

 County Shield. The following Lectures had 

 been given since January 29th : — 



Jan. 29 — Mr. E. C. Cooper — Henley - in - Arden 



School. 

 r Hoylake ; Seaforth ; 

 Manchester Gram- 

 mar School ; Welsh 

 Chinch, Liverpool ; 

 Corporation Baths, 

 Garston ; Bluecoat 

 School and Balfour 

 Institute, Liver- 



pool ; Preston ; 



Cheshire. 

 Largo, Fife. 

 Oxford. 

 Mr. H. C. Metcalfe Waterfoot, Manchester 

 Mr. Parkinson 



Bournemouth. 

 Havant. 



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Miss Rintoul 

 Mr. S. Heaton 



Curtis, F.E.S. 

 -Canon Scott 



-Rev. J. Henderson Perth. 



-Mrs. Suckling . . Romsey (Song Slides). 



-Miss Rintoul . . Fife. 



-Mr. G. Eaton . . Tulse Hill. 



-Mr. H. C. Playne Buckhurst Hill. 



-Miss Stanley . . Buckenham, Norfolk. 



-Mr. H. C. Playne Bristol. 



-Mr. Hastings Lees Harrow 



The increasing popularity of nesting-boxes 



for birds was shown by the fact that over 



3,300 had been sold since September ; the 



sales leaving a small profit to the Society 



after defraying expenses of depot, clerking, 



printing, etc. 



The Finance and General Purposes Com- 

 mittee reported that, as the Zoological 

 Society of London were selling the premises 

 No. 3, Hanover Square, the R.S.P.B. had 

 received notice to quit. After some discus- 

 sion on various offices inspected, a sub-com- 

 mittee was appointed to deal with the matter. 

 The quarterly statement of accounts was 

 passed, and it was agreed to make a small 

 grant towards the formation of a Bird 

 Sanctuary at Letchworth. The following 

 appointments of Hon. Local Secretaries were 

 ratified : Costock, Miss H. Rothera ; Hexham, 

 Miss Kathleen Richardson ; Radnorshire, 



