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BIRD NOTES AND NEWS. 



Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. 



COUNCIL MEETINGS. 



Meetings of the Council were held on 

 October 6th and December 1st, the Chairman, 

 Mr Montagu Sharpe, presiding. 



The Hon. Secretary's Reports recorded 

 that twent_y-five lectures had been given this 

 season ; that Bird Protection Orders had 

 been issued for Cumberland, Dorsetshire, 

 Denbigh, Devonshire, Lancashire, Aberdeen 

 City, and Eastbourne County Borough ; 

 and that the Cornwall County Council had 

 applied for an Order similar to that in force 

 in Devonshire. Sixteen Bird-and-Tree Festi- 

 vals had been held, and entries received 

 from a number of schools for the 1911-12 

 Competition ; a proposal to institute the 

 scheme in Derbyshire was under considera- 

 tion. Reports were also presented as to the 

 Protection of Crops Competition, and the 

 " Story of the Egret " posters and sandwich- 

 men. 



The Finance and General Purposes 

 Committee presented the accounts for the 

 third quarter and for October and November 

 respectively. The appointment of Miss M. S. 

 Hamilton as Hon. Local Secretary for Wan- 

 stead and Loughton was confirmed ; and 

 the resignation of Mr. W. Percival Westell 

 as Hon. Local Secretary for St. Albans 

 and Letchworth was received with regret. 

 The following new FelloAvs and Members 

 were elected : — 



Felloivs. — Mrs. Frederick Dawson (Eyam), Mrs. 

 Momber (San Remo), Right Hon. Sir Frederick 

 Pollock, Bart. (London, ^N .), Rev. A. B. R. Trevor. 



Members. — Mrs. Raymond Asquith (London, 

 W.C.), Mrs. Tom Allchin (London, W.), James Baird 

 (Prestwick, Ayr, and Buenos Aires), Mrs. Bond 

 (Send, Surrey), Mrs. C. E. Bradnell (Llandinan), 

 Miss E. Hamilton Brown (Gorleston), Mrs. Coppinge. 

 (Bath), Miss Donaldson (Wanstead), Herbert 

 d'Este East, Mrs. d'Este East (Boiu-ton-in-Marsh) 

 Rev. Canon Galpin (Hythe), C. Echlin Gerahty 

 (Woking), Rev. T. Hodson (Oddington), E. W. 

 Kendall, J. P. (Boiirton-on-the-water), Baroness 

 le Clement de Taintegnies (Mmehead), Mrs. E. D. 

 Lee (Hartwell, Aylesbiu-y), Miss Minns (Weston, 



Southampton), H. H. Pawson (Sheffield), Frederick 

 Pidcock, R.N. (Stratford-on-Avon), Miss Kate 

 Patten (London, W.), Colonel Railston (Stow-on- 

 the-Wold), W. Ralph Reynolds (Kew Gardens), 

 Horace Smith (Beckenham), Mrs. C. A. Stutch lu'y 

 (Hampton Hill), Miss E. A. Sullivan (London, N.W.). 

 Life Member : — The Lady Glenconner (London, 

 S.W. 



The Watchers Committee reported on 

 work done, and arrangements made, in 

 connexion with the Watchers Fund for the 

 past season and for 1912, and also on action 

 proposed with reference to communications 

 respecting Sussex, Brean Down, the New 

 Forest, the Orkneys, the Shetlands, Ailsa 

 Craig, St. Kilda. and Kerry. The expendi- 

 ture on Watching was shown to have far 

 exceeded the funds received. 



General Business. — The necessity for 

 the amendment of various Bird Protection 

 Orders, for obtaining Orders where none 

 exist, and for the better notification of all 

 Orders, was discussed. A proposal respect- 

 ing Nesting-Boxes, and the exhibition of 

 boxes at the South Bucks Horse Parade 

 at High Wycombe (August 28th), and at 

 Redhill (October 21st) ; arrangements for 

 the Annual Meeting ; and correspondence 

 on several matters of importance, further 

 occupied the attention of the Council. 



RECEPTION. 



On behalf of the Vice-Presidents and Council 

 of th^ Society, Mrs. Montagu Sharpe held a 

 Reception at the Natural History Museum, 

 Cromwell Road, S.W., on November 8th, 

 by kind permission of the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. A large number of Fellows 

 and Members of the Society attended, and 

 greatly appreciated the " personally con- 

 ducted " tour of the Bird Galleries, made 

 interesting through the information so readily 

 imparted by Messrs. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, 

 E. G. B. Meade-Waldo, A. Trevor-Battye, 

 J. L. Bonhote and W. P. Pycraft. Tea and 



