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Pheasants twisting their feathers round a broken or 

 dislocated limb, and that a Frenchman had been writing 

 to the papers about a similar habit iu the Woodcock. My 

 own theory is that in the case of a bird which has been 

 shot or trapped, the bird probabl}- does it to stop the 

 bleeding rather than to keep the limb in place. 



Writing of Pheasants, it may interest you to know 

 that some years ago we had a case of a hybrid between 

 an Amherst and a common Pheasant crossing with a 

 Fowl ; a proof that Pheasant hybrids are sometimes 

 fertile. 



Talking of h5'brids among the Gallince, a farm 

 bailiff once told me that he had known a case of a 

 Guineafowl cock, whose mate had been killed, repeatedly 

 trying to cross with Fowls. I think he said with Turkeys 

 as well. Chas. Cushny. 



NATIONAL BRITISH BIRD AND 

 MULE CLUB. 



Committee Meeting held at Headquarters, 25, High 

 Holborn, ist May, 1902, 



Present : — Mr. Robson (Chairman), Mr. Pollard 

 (Vice-Chairman), Messrs. Dewhurst, Frostick, Jones, 

 Maxwell, Morgan, A. Plumbridge, Sandy, Turnber, Vale, 

 and Hon. Sec. 



The minutes of the previous meeting having been 

 read, considerable discussion took place as to their being 

 confirmed — the cause of the discussion being Mr. 

 Frostick's proposition, carried at the last meeting. 



Letters were read from Messrs. Boerma (3), Ball, 

 Browning, Jones, and Laskey. After all present had 

 given their views, Mr. Pollard proposed a resolution, 

 which I\Ir. Jones seconded ; but on an amendment by 

 Mr. Sandy, seconded by Mr. Dewhurst, " That the 

 minutes of the last meeting be confirmed in their 

 entirety," being carried, the original proposition was 

 not put, and the minutes were duly signed by the 

 Chairman. 



