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BIBD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council of the Society held their 

 quarterly meeting at the Middlesex Guildhall, 

 Westminster, on April 22nd. Those present 

 were : Mr. Montagu Sharpe, Chairman, 

 Mr. J. L. Bonhote, Miss Clifton, Mr. H. E. 

 Dresser, Dr. Drewitt, Hon. Mrs. Drewitt, 

 Miss Hall, Hon. Mrs. Henniker, Mr. Hastings 

 Lees, Mr. F. E. Lemon (Hon. Secretary), 

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

 Ogilvie-Grant, Captain Tailby, and the 

 Secretary (Miss Gardiner). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report recorded 

 the issue of four Bird Protection Orders, and 

 stated that eighteen lectures had been given 

 as follows : — 



February 7th, Mrs. Nelson, New Maiden ; 

 February 10th, Rev. J. E. Kelsall, Braishfield ; 

 February 14th, Rev. F. W. Parminter, Battersby ; 

 February 15th, Mr. Archibald Arrol, Alloa; Feb- 

 ruary 22nd, Mr. Masefield, Biddulph ; February 

 25th, Mr. Haigh-Lumley, Bradford ; March 2nd, 

 Mr. J. E. Chamberlain, Hextable ; March 12th and 

 13th, Mrs. Blandford Newson, Bedford ; March 14th, 

 Mr. A. J. Richardson, Broadstairs ; March 16th, 

 Mr. Bigg-Wither, Wells, Somerset ; March 25th, 

 Miss Rintoul, Edinburgh ; March 31st, Mr. Pumfrey, 

 Harleston ; April 5th, Mr. H. Vicars Webb, Bristol ; 

 April 6th, Rev. J. E. Kelsall, Highcliffe ; April 

 6th, Miss Williams, Winchester; April 11th, Mr- 

 H. B. Booth, Ilkley ; April 18th, Rev. G. C. Fether- 

 stonhaugh, Farnham. 



With reference to the Bird and Tree 

 Competitions, it was reported that in Norfolk 

 and Northamptonshire, where the scheme 

 has only recently been adopted and all 

 arrangements are undertaken by the County 

 Education Authorities, competitions would 

 be held in October of the present year, the 

 schools falling into line with other counties 

 for the 1910-1911 competition. 



Finance and General Purposes Com- 

 mittee. — The appointments of the Rev. 

 F. L. Blathwayt, Doddington Rectory, as 

 Local Hon. Sec. for Lincoln, and of Miss 



Margaret Bayes as Hon. Local Sec. for 

 Bedford, were approved. The following 

 new Fellows were elected : Colonel Hope 

 Edwardes, Netley Hall, Shrewsbury ; Mrs. 

 Noble, Lincoln Hall, Humshaugh ; Miss 

 Mortimere, Lexham Gardens, W. ; Mrs. 

 Herbert Brett ; Miss F. Cruddas, Haughton 

 Castle, Humshaugh ; Mr. Frank Bonnett, 

 Tunbridge Wells ; Miss Maud Wingfield, 

 Dynevor House, Ampthill. The following 

 thirty new members were elected : — 



Miss A. M. Ashburner (Ulverston), Miss C. L. G. 

 Bacon (Hale, Farnhain), Miss Brett (Rochester), 

 H. Candler (Ashstead), Herbert Campbell (London 

 W.), Miss H. M. Clift (Wolverhampton), Miss Emily 

 Eldridge, Miss Fanny Eldridge (Wolverhamjiton), 

 Henry Ellis (Bournemouth), Sidney B. Gaythorpe 

 (Barrow-in-Furness), Miss Logan Home (Edi-om), 

 N.B.), Mrs. Arthur Hunt (Tettenhall), J. A. Kellett 

 (Alderley Edge), R. Levin (London, E.C.), W. W. 

 Lowe (Malvern College), F. E. Marshall (Keswick), 

 James Martin (Ulverston), Rev. R. M. Pattison 

 Muir (Farnham), the Earl of Onslow (London, S.W.), 

 Mrs. O. R. Palmer (Guildford), A. J. Richardson 

 (St. Peter's Court, Broadstairs), Mile. Rachel de la 

 Rive (Canton de Geneve), Commander E. A. Thomas, 

 R.N. ; Miss Weber (Barnet), Mrs. Wheeler (Streat- 

 ham, S.W.), Mrs. M. Wilson (Leek), Dr. Albert 

 Wilson (London, W.), A. C. Willyams (St. Cohu-nb, 

 Cornwall), Federico Wynn (Barcelona). 



Life Member. — W. B. Purefoy (Greenfields Stud, 

 Tijiperary). 



The quarterly statement of accounts 

 was received and passed, and the new rules 

 for the Bird and Tree (Arbor Day) Com- 

 petition were approved. 



Reports were also received from the 

 Publication Committee and the Watchers 

 Committee. 



Standing Committees. The Committees 

 were appointed as follows : — 



Finance and General Purposes Committee. — 

 Mr. Ernest Bell, Sir John Cockburn, Miss Clifton, 

 Mr. Hastings Lees, Mrs. Lemon, Mr. Meade-Waldo, 

 Miss Pollock, Captain Tailby. 



Publication Committee. — Mr. Bell, Mr. J. L. 

 Bonhote, Miss Clifton, Mr. Dresser, Mr. W. H. 

 Hudson, Mrs. Lemon, Miss Pollock. 



Watchers Committee. — Mr. Meade-Waldo (Chair- 

 man), Mr. Bonhote, Dr. Drewitt, Mr. Hudson, Mrs. 



