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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Roydl Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 



The Council met at the Middlesex Guildhall, 

 on July 22nd, when the following Members 

 were present : — Mr. Montagu Sharpe, in the 

 chair ; Mr. Ernest Bell, Miss Chfton, Sir John 

 Cockburn, Dr. Drewitt, the Hon Mrs. 

 Drewitt, the Hon. Mrs. Henniker, Mr. W. 

 H. Hudson, Mrs. Lemon, Mr. Meade- Waldo, 

 Mr. Ogilvie Grant, Captain Tailby, Mr. 

 Trevor-Battye, and Mr. F. E. Lemon (Hon. 

 Sec). 



The Hon. Secretary reported the issue of 

 four Bird Protection Orders, and announced 

 that in Natal, by a new Act, all the native 

 birds were now protected. In connexion 

 with the Bird and Tree work in schools, the 

 publication of a new leaflet. No. 65, was 

 reported- 

 Finance and General Purposes Committee. 

 The Council confirmed the appomtment of 

 Mr. J. Cardew Bedwell, B.Sc, as Hon. Sec. 

 for Thetford and District, and received with 

 regret the resignation of Mr. W. P. D. 

 Stebbing as Hon. Sec. for Fulham. The 

 following ladies and gentlemen were elected 

 Fellows : — 



Carlyle S. Baer (Chicago), Colonel Mount-Batten 

 (Kensington), Mrs. E. C. P. Hull (Redhill), the 

 Hon. Gerald Lascelles (Lyndhurst), B. Savile 

 Ogle (Steeple Aston), T. W. Tetley (Liverpool), 

 Mrs. F. G. Winn (London, S.W.). 



The undermentioned were elected Members — 



W. S. Mainprice (Knutsford), Harold S. Seldon 

 (Sutton, Surrey), Vernon Watney (Charlbury, 

 Oxford), and Roger J. Dawson (Llandudno), Life 

 Members. 



W. J. Atkinson (Hythe), Mrs. H. B. Booth (Ben 

 Rhydding), Miss G. Bush (Devon), Mrs. G. Chichester 

 (Pilton), Mrs. Christie (Frome), Mrs. Cobb (Saltwood), 

 Mrs. Edward Cox (York), Mrs. Deedes (Hythe), 

 Lord Grenfell, Lady Grenfell (Beaconsfield), Mrs. 

 Garland (Eynsham), Miss Goadby (Southminster), 

 Lieut. K. C. Helyar, R.N. (Gibraltar), Miss E. K. 

 Higgins (Luton), W. G. Kendrew (Oxford), Major- 

 General Lee (Cardiff), Mrs. R. Morton (Denham), 

 Algernon McAnally (Cricklewood, N.W.), Mrs. 



Marchant (Blaekheath, S.E.), Mrs. Mount-Batten 

 (Kensington, W.), Donald Noel-Paton (Stobo), Mrs. 

 Patteson (Limpsfield), Mrs. Peirson (Hythe), W. H. 

 Robinson (Mansfield), J. H. Scotcher (Liverpool), 

 Mrs. Smythe (Beaconsfield), Sefior Emili Tarre 

 (Barcelona), C. L. Tetley (Manchester), Oliver 

 Vernon Watney (Charlbury, Oxford), C. R. Williams 

 (Bedford), F. Weston (Brockenhurst). 



A correspondence was reported with regard 

 to the destruction of Quails in Egypt, and it 

 was agreed that particulars should be laid 

 before Mr. Ronald Graham, Adviser to the 

 Ministry of the Interior. It was also reported 

 that Mr. Dresser had attended the Inter- 

 national Ornithological Congress on behalf of 

 the Society, and was able to say that more 

 time was given to bird protection than to any 

 other topic. Communications from the 

 British Bu-d and Mule Club were submitted 

 to the Council. 



The Chairman of the Watchers' Commit- 

 tee reported on the work of the men employed 

 as watchers, and on an important correspon- 

 dence with legal officials in Scotland. The 

 reports of Inspectors Burroughs and Norman 

 were also submitted. 



General Business. — The question of legis- 

 lation for dealing with the Plume- trade was 

 discussed, and it was decided, after considera- 

 tion, that the Society should support ihe 

 second reading of Mr. Percy Alden's BUI. 

 Various other questions were before the 

 Council ; and at the close of the meeting the 

 Watchers' Committee met to hear detailed 

 accounts given by members of the Committee 

 on their visits to the districts where Watchers 

 are employed. 



Meetings of the Finance and General 

 Purposes and the Publication Committees 

 were held at 23, Queen Anne's Gate on 

 September 16th. 



