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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



The Roydl Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 

 Mr. Montagu Sharpe, Chairman, presided 

 at the meeting of the Council, at the Middle- 

 sex Guildhall, on October 7th. There were 

 also present : Mr. Bell, Miss Clifton, Mr. 

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

 Lemon, Mr. Meade-Waldo, Captain Tailby, 

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

 Secretary), and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report stated 

 that a new Bird Protection Order had been 

 issued for Hertfordshire ; that ten public 

 schools had sent in essays for the Public 

 Schools Silver Medal Competition ; that 

 tliree lectures had been given in connexion 

 with the Society ; and that a number of 

 festivals had been held in celel)ration of 

 Bird and Tree Day. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee presented the accounts. Five 

 new Fellows and twenty-one Members were 



elected as follows : 



Fellows. — The Earl of Haddington, Miss Helen 

 Brothers (Putney, S.W.), Miss D. R. George (Bays- 

 water, W.), R. Fuller Maitland (London, S.W.), 

 Rev. Canon Rawnsley (Keswick). 



Members. — Mrs. S. A. Barnett (Westminster, 

 S.W.), Herbert Catterall (Lancaster); G. D. 

 Dakyns, F. H. Dakyns (Morpeth), Mrs. W. H. 

 Eyre (London, W.), W. J. Gordon (Shetland), 

 Miss Jean Graham (Grasmere), Lady Aurea Howard 

 (Castle Howard), Miss A. M. Lamb (Wroxham), 

 Miss Macnaughton (Perth), Martyn Mowll (Dover), 

 Mrs. Muirhead (Hythe), Mrs. Oliver (Tynemouth), 

 Harold Peers (Didsbury), Mrs. Kenyon Slaney 

 (Hythe), G. P. Tyrwhitt-Drake (Scawby), Ernest 

 Weddell (Jesmond), Mrs. W. H. Wood (Lindley, 

 Huddersfield). 



Life Members. — Harry Collison (London, S.W.), 

 Miss E. A. Harwood (Windlesham), Lady Ela 

 Russell (Rickmansworth). 



The Committee reported that tlie attitude 



of plumage dealers towards legislation for 



tlie preservation of ornamental-plumaged 



birds had had their careful consideration ; 



and a discussion on the subject resulted in 



resolutions being adopted for a steady 



prosecution of the Society's efforts to procure 

 legislation. Arrangements with regard to the 

 sale of nesting-boxes were agreed to. A 

 cordial vote of thanks was passed to 

 Mr. McLellan for the presentation of a 

 number of slides to the Society, and to 

 Mrs. Suckling for the gift of slides to 

 illustrate songs. 



The Publication Committee reported on 

 the preparation of Bird Notes and News and 

 the Society's Christmas-card and postcards. 



A variety of other matters were brought 

 before the Council. 



The Watchers Committee met on October 

 13th, when the districts and birds in need of 

 special attention next season were discussed 

 at length, and complaints considered arising 

 out of the " ringing " of birds, the use of 

 tlie pole-trap, and the killing of Owls. 



A further meeting of tlie Council was lield 

 on December 16th. 



PUBLIC SCHOOLS ESSAY 

 COMPETITION. 



The first Public School Essay Competition 

 organized by the Society has produced some 

 excellent work, and it is hoped that one or 

 two of the essays, or extracts from them, 

 may appear in future numbers of Bird Notes 

 and News. The first of the two alternative 

 subjects suggested — personal observations of 

 a bird or birds made during the year — was 

 selected by all the competitors, and nearly 

 the whole of the papers fall into Division I, 

 being the work of students over sixteen 

 years of age. 



The final judging was referred to Mr. 

 Montagu Sharpe (Chairman of Council) and 

 Mr. T. Hastings Lees, F.Z.S. The result is 

 as follows : 



