BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



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The Roydl Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETING. 

 The Quarterly Meeting of the Council was 

 held on July 21st, at Caxton Hall, when there 

 were present : Mr. Montagu Sharpe (in the 

 Chair), Mr. Ernest Bell, Miss Clifton, Hon. 

 Mrs. Heniker, Mr. Hudson, Mr. F. E. Lemon 

 (Hon. Secretary), Mrs. F. E. Lemon, Miss 

 Pollock, Mr. Bonhote, Captain Tailby, Mr. 

 Ogilvie-Grant, and Miss Gardiner (Secretary). 



The Hon. Secretary's Report dealt with 

 Mr. Jesse Collings's Bill to promote Agricul- 

 tural Education and Nature-Study ; the 

 use of " The Story of the Egret " for posters ; 

 and the arrangements for the supply of 

 nesting-boxes and food tables. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee reported on the finances of the 

 quarter ; the Essay Competition ; the inter- 

 view accorded to a deputation from the 

 British Bird and Mule Club ; and the organi- 

 zing work undertaken by Major W. H. 

 Edwardes and by Mr. Harry Cox. The 

 appointment was approved of the Hon. 

 Belinda Douglas Pennant, Wicken Park, 

 to succeed Miss L. Robarts (Mrs. Norman 

 Orr Ewing) as Hon. Secretary for North 

 Bucks., and of Miss Sedgwick, as successor 

 to Mrs. Gower at Berkhamstead. The fol- 

 lowing Fellows and Members were elected : — 



Felloivs. — Miss C. E. Cliretien (Bexley Heath), 

 J. H. Staveley Hill, MP. (Wolverhampton), James 

 Langton (Reigate), Captain H. Lyle (Reading), 

 Philip Munn (Laverstoke), Alfred Tate (Leather- 

 head), Miss W. K. Whishavv (Cheltenham). 



Members. — Miss Eveline Bell (London, S.W.), 

 Mrs. Bush (Ullswater), G. C. Cope (Radlett), H. C. 

 Corrance (Worthing), IVIrs Challinor (Askam-in- 

 Fiu-ness), Mrs. Douglas (Colchester), Miss M. S. 

 Hamilton (Wanstead), Miss Grace Hawkins (Tetten- 

 hall). Miss Marie Kleinwart (London, S.W.), Mrs. 

 Lamb (Carlisle), Miss Martis (Hove), Mrs Eric 

 Matthews (Woking), Hon. Mrs. O'Grady (Derby), 

 Miss Kate Patten (London, W. ), Mrs Robinson 

 (Ambergate), Miss Maud Roscrow (Wolverhampton ) 

 Mrs Schultz (Northwood), Miss E. A. Sich (Tun- 

 bridge Wells), Miss Clara Thorp (Ilfracombe), 



^Ii-!S F. Tomkin-i (Soutli'Joa), Mrs. Tuniianl (London, 

 S.E.), Miss Walford (Tunbridgo Wells), Reginald 

 Ware (Frant). T. S. Wicksteod (Croyd(m). 



The Publication Committee reported 

 the preparation of a new leaflet. No. 67, " A 

 Thrush that never Lived," by Mr. W. H. 

 Hudson, with coloured illustration b\' Mr. 

 Gronvold ; and of the Society's Greeting- 

 card for 1911-12. 



The Watchers Committee presented a 

 series of reports on the work done in various 

 parts of Great Britain. 



General Business. — Mrs. Grove Grady 

 was elected a Vice-President of the Society. — 

 The Poultrv Bill, introduced by the Board 

 of Agriculture, was discussed with reference 

 to the desirability of including Quail in the 

 definition of " Poultry," and the Hon. 

 Secretary reported on his intervie\\- with the 

 representative of the Board on the subject. — 

 The holding of an autumn Conference of 

 Hon. Local Secretaries and other workers 

 was considered, and it was agreed that if 

 arrangements could be made, the Society 

 should hold an " At Home," at the British 

 Museum (Natural History) early in Novem- 

 ber. Various other matters were also 

 considered. 



THE " EGRET " PO.STER. 

 Further and effective use is being made 

 of the series of photographs, " The Story 

 of the Egret," sent to the R.S.P.B. by 

 Mr. Mattingle}'. In consequence of the 

 display of " osprey " plumes at various 

 smart functions, and in the milliners' 

 windows, during the London season of 

 1911, the Society resolved again to draw 

 public attention to the manner in which 

 these plumes are obtained ; and a company 

 of ten sandwich-men Avere emploj'ed for 



