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Notes and Comments. 
PRESENTATION TO PROF. KENDALL. 
It is intended that the gift to Prof. Kendall shall take the 
form of an Illuminated Address containing the names of all 
the Subscribers (in alphabetical order), together with a 
cheque for the balance of the Fund, which it is expected will 
be 'approximately £200. The presentation will be made at a 
meeting in the Library of the Philosophical Hall, Leeds, on 
Wednesday, July 5th, at 4 p.m. The chair will be taken by 
Dr. D. Forsyth. The address will be presented by Mr. Godfrey 
Bingley, and the cheque will be handed over by the Hon. 
Treasurer (Mr. J. E. Bedford). 
THE LAW AND EGGS. 
We learn from the press that at Gainsborough recently 
two men were charged with taking plovers' eggs on May nth. 
Defendants pleaded not guilty, and said the eggs were gulls’ 
eggs. They went to the gull ponds at Laughton, and secured 
the eggs from the side of the ponds. They had to go knee 
deep into the water to get them The Chairman expressed a 
doubt as to whether the eggs produced were plovers’ eggs. 
Defendant : ‘ We will agree, to an adjournment to have the 
eggs hatched in an incubator to prove whether they are 
plovers’ or gulls’ eggs. They were large white birds with 
black heads that were sitting on the nests, and they attacked 
me when I went to the nest.’ The Chairman said there 
was nothing in the evidence to prove that the eggs were really 
plover s’ eggs, and dismissed the case ! 
FALCONS SHOT IN CUMBERLAND. 
The Yorkshire Post of June 17th records that for generations 
a pair of Peregrine Falcons has nested near Ravenglass, and 
was protected by the late Lord Muncaster, a bird lover, who 
turned the district into a paradise of rare species, and regarded 
the Falcons as being worth especial care. Now, with the 
passing of their protector, havoc is being wrought among 
the wild life of the neighbourhood, and four young Peregrines 
and one of the parents have been shot. Other species have 
been ruthlessly destroyed, rare birds like the Buzzard and the 
Raven, and useful birds like the Owl, notwithstanding that, 
together with the Peregrine, they are all on the schedule and 
protected all the year round. At Ravenglass there grew up 
under the fostering Tare of Lord Muncaster the largest gullery 
in the kingdom, where, in addition to Black -headed Gulls, 
many rare sea and shore species nested. 
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Since its foundation the British Association has. granted ^83,000 for 
the advancement of Science. 
Naturalist 
