Royal Society post, with 336 Fellows supporting the change and 37 opposing. Following approval by the Council, Marjory Stephenson, Kathleen Lonsdale and Edith Bülbring were elected as Fellows. The Coat of arms of the Royal Society is "in a dexter corner of a shield argent our three Lions of England, and for crest a helm adorned with a crown studded with florets, surmounted by an eagle of proper colour holding in one foot a shield charged with our lions: supporters two white hounds gorged with crowns", with the motto of ""nullius in verba"". John Evelyn, interested in the early structure of the
Res nullius since a thing completely lost or abandoned is "res nullius", and therefore belonged to the first taker. Specific legislation may be made, e.g. for beachcombing. In English common law, for example, forest laws and game laws have specified which animals are "res nullius" and when they become someone's property. Wild animals are regarded as "res nullius", and as not being the subject of private property until reduced into possession by being killed or captured (see, e.g. "Pierson v. Post"). A bird in the hand is owned; a bird in the bush is not. Even bees do not become property until