BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



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Mr. Kearton, Rodhill (Egret slides); October 25th, 

 Mrs. Suckling, Romsey ; October 25th, Mr. Masefield, 

 Leek ; October 28th, Miss Clifton, Dagenham ; 

 October 29th, Mr. Frisby, Leicester ; November 

 2nd, Mr. Bigg-Wither, Wells (Somerset) ; Novem- 

 ber 9th, Mrs. Suckling, Romsey, and November 

 10th, Southampton (songs); November 15th, Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall, Andover ; November 19th and 22nd, 

 Mr. E. J. Eldred, Coltishall and Horstead ; Novem- 

 ber 6th and 20th. Mr. Hastings Lees, Winchester 

 College and Brighton College ; November 24th, 

 Major Marriott, Chelmsford ; November 29th, Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall, Milton ; December 1st, Mr. H. B. 

 Turney, Ulverston ; December 2nd and 6th, Rev. 

 J. E. Kelsall, Southampton College and Lymir.gton 

 (to Boy Scouts) ; December 6th, Mr. C. H. Marriott, 

 Helensburgh ; December 13th, Hon. Gladys Graham- 

 Murray, Corstophine ; December 15th, Mr. Hastings 

 Lees, Charterhouse; December 16th and 17th, Miss 

 Rintoul, Crail and Largo, N.B. 



Four Bird Protection Orders had been 

 issued. The awards made in the Bird and 

 Tree Challenge Shield Competitions were 

 reported, together with the arrangements 

 made for a large number of Festivals, in- 

 cluding Stony Stratford (Bucks Shield), 

 December 15th; Shohng (Hants Shield), 

 December 17th ; and the Norfolk Festival, 

 at Norwich and King's Lynn, December 21st 

 and 22nd, with lecture by Mr. Kearton. 



The Finance and General Purposes Com- 

 mittee submitted the accounts for October 

 and November, and reported that a legacy 

 of £50, payable in May next, had been left 

 to the Society by the late Miss Catherine 

 Gilmour, of Glasgow, a member of the 

 Society ; also that the Joseph Wolf Memorial 

 Committee had handed over, through Mr. 

 R. J. Howard, a balance of £4 10s. left after 

 payment for memorials to that distinguished 

 artist. The appointment of the following 

 Hon. Local Secretaries was confirmed : Alloa, 

 Mr. Archibald Arrol ; Lanarkshire, Mr. G. W. 

 Campbell, Coatbridge ; Wolverhampton, Miss 

 Grace Hawkins ; Worthing, Miss A. S. Lemon. 

 Miss Blathwayt, Secretary of the Lincoln 

 Branch, had resigned on leaving the county, 

 the Rev. F. L. Blathwayt consenting to 

 retain the post until the end of the year. 

 Five Fellows were elected : Hugh Turner, 

 Bentley, Ipswich ; W. H. Rider, Basford 

 Hurst, Leek ; Harold Russell, Beaufort 

 Gardens, S. W. ; James McL. Marshall, Bleaton 

 Hallet, Blairgowrie ; J. W. Rundell, Liver- 



pool. Twenty-one members were elected a 



follows : — . 



Major B. K. W. Bacon (Hale, Surrey), Mrs. 

 Gordon Bateson (Church Stretton), S. Walter 

 Hillings (Cheltenham), Miss Browne (Tunbridge 

 Wells), Miss Estella Canziani (Kensington, W.), 

 Mrs. Chambers (Derby), E. Eumorfopoulos (Pir- 

 bright), Mrs.Goodacre (Brighton), Arthur G. Hudson 

 (Sawbridgevvorth), Rev. H. N. Hutchinson (London, 

 N.W.), Miss L. P. Kemp (Rochdale), Howard 

 Kingham (Reading), C. Hobson Marriott (Glasgow), 

 Colonel Charles >*oble (Edinburgh), Miss H. Scott 

 Parsons (Stopham, Pulboro'), Miss A. E. Sellon 

 (London, S.W.), Mrs. F.Yorke Smith (London, S.W.), 

 Miss S. B. Squier (Manchester), Miss Margaret 

 Thompson (Hitchin), Mrs. Thome (Mayoress of 

 Tiverton), Miss F. Tyndale-Biscoe (London). 



The exhibition of the " Story of the Egret " 

 photographs and the preparation of further 

 editions of the pictures were reported ; also 

 the Appeal to the Mayoresses of England and 

 Wales. The Rules for the proposed Public 

 Schools' Silver Medal Competition for the 

 writing of Essays on Birds were submitted 

 and approved, Mr. Hastings Lees stating that 

 a cordial reception had been given by various 

 schools to the scheme, which includes the 

 presentation of Book prizes and Certificates 

 as well as the Medal. The suggested new- 

 regulations for the Bird and Tree Competi- 

 tion were also discussed, and it was mentioned 

 that so far the replies from education 

 authorities and teachers were, with few 

 exceptions, in favour of changing the date 

 from September to July. 



The Publication Committee reported the 

 preparation of the Winter Number of Bird 

 Notes and News, with Index to Vol. III., 

 and the new leaflet, " Remember the Birds," 

 by Mrs. Fuller Maitland. 



The General Business included, in addition 

 to preliminary arrangements for the Annual 

 Meeting and Report and for the Council Meet- 

 ings in 1910, the report of a further Pole-Trap 

 case, and discussion of sundry legal points 

 raised by correspondents in connexion with 

 the working of Bird Protection Acts and 

 Orders. It was noted with satisfaction that 

 the Hampshire and Isle of Wight County 

 Councils had refused to accede to the request 

 of the Southern Fisheries Board that Gulls 

 should be deprived of protection. 



