218 THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS IN ESSEX.
Secretary to the Eastern Counties Coal-boring and Development
Association, that the new boring adjoins the Great Eastern Railway
Station at Weeley, on the Tendring Hundred Line. Also that at the
present date (October 10th, 1896) the boring has attained a depth
of 827 feet, the formation in which it is now going on being the
Chalk. A thickness of 196 feet of clay, etc., had to be passed
through before the top of the Chalk was reached.
We may add that, by the kindness of Mr. Graham, one section
of the "core" from the Stutton Boring has been deposited in the
Essex Field Club's Museum, and two others have been retained,
which are in the Ipswich Museum and the Cambridge University
Museum respectively.
THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS IN ESSEX.
THE SHORE BIRDS.
By CHAMPION B. RUSSELL, J.P.
Chairman of the Committee of the Essex County Council for Protection of Wild Birds, and
Hon. Secretary to the "Essex Bird-Protection Society"
IN the number for June, 1895, of the present volume of The
Essex Naturalist (ante, pp. 42-51) the Editor summed up the
result of the Petition of the Essex Field Club to the County Council,
regarding the protection of shore birds, and the hopeful position
then attained in this important matter. But reference was made by
myself (pp. 45-46) to the delay in obtaining the consent of the
Home Secretary to the application of the Essex County Council.
As East Suffolk had met with a similar rebuff, on much the same
grounds, a Conference was held on November 1st, 1895, with the
representatives of that county, at which it was agreed that the
chances of success would be greater if both counties presented
practically identical applications. With this object, as Suffolk had
applied for a considerably smaller area, the southern boundary of the
Essex area was drawn at Shoeburyness, instead of at Thames Haven ;
and all ground above Maldon, Wyvenhoe, and Battle Bridge was
eliminated. The special application for the benefit of the swallow
tribe was also withdrawn. The members of the Conference
attended as a deputation at the Home Office, where they had a
most friendly reception by Mr. Kenelm Digby (in the absence of
the Home Secretary), and the whole matter was talked out, with the