40TH ANNUAL REPORT, 19OI. 137 



various ornithologists upon sundry matters connected with this 

 Committee's work. The senseless slaug"hter of sea birds calls 

 for immediate notice. Thousands are ruthlessly killed every 

 season, directl_y the ist September comes round, most of them 

 left to die, maimed and bleeding- on the water. At Bridlington, 

 which seems to be the headquarters of this abominable bird 

 murder, hundreds of Arctic Terns are annually shot and sent 

 away for millinery purposes. As Sunday seems to be a great 

 day for this kind of amusement, it is thought that if it is not 

 found advisable to put a stop entirely to this work, it might be 

 possible to strictly enforce a close time on this day. The pro- 

 tection afforded to the Lesser Tern and Ring Plover at Spurn 

 has had most gratifying results, and if it could be extended to 

 other resorts in the county, notably to Hornsea Mere, a great 

 amount of g"ood would result. 



It is recommended that the Committee be re-appointed as 

 follows :—W. H. St. Quintin, J. P., D. L. , M.B.O.U. ; T. H. 

 Nelson, M.B.O.U., Redcar, convener ; James Backhouse, 

 F.Z.S., Harrogate ;, F. Boyes, Beverley; T. Bunker, Goole ; 

 H. E. Dresser, F.L.S., F.Z.S., London; R. Fortune, F.Z.S., 

 Harrogate ; J no. Gerrard, M.B.O.U., Manchester ; Oxley 

 Grabham, M.x'\., M.B.O.L"., Thornton-le-Dale, Pickering ; 

 Re\-. E. Ponsonby Knubley, M.A., Steeple Ashton, Wilts. ; 

 Claude Leatham, Wakefield ; Kenneth McLean, Harrogate ; 

 T. Peich, B.A., B.Sc. Hedon ; Geo. T. Porritt, F.L.S., 

 Huddersfield ; and Rev. W. T. Travis, M.A., Ripley ; Mr. 

 McLean to represent it on the Executive. 



The Presidency. — This has been offered to and accepted 

 by Mr. Percy F. Kendall, F.G.S., lecturer in Geology at the 

 Yorkshire College, whose active work in the geology of the 

 county is so well known. "S our Executive has now to express 

 the great obligation under which the Union has been laid by its 

 old and faithful friend. Rev. W. Fowler, M.A., whose term of 

 office expires with the present annual meeting'. 



