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in 1850-7, he l)ecarac a member of the staff of the War Office 

 in 1858; and retired on pension in 1893. During all his life 

 Young's spare time was almost entirely devoted to field- 

 ornithology, and few men in this country were better acquainted 

 with the habits and the notes of birds — for Young liad an 

 excellent '^ear/' in spite of the deafness to which allusion 

 has been made. He was elected a Member of the B. O. U. 

 iu 1878 ; but his name does not appear as a contributor to 

 this Journal, and, in fact, he wrote very little anywhere. 

 Young lost no opportunity of travelling, and made a collection 

 of birds — especially of pelagic species — of considerable scien- 

 tific value, during a year's cruise to South America, Japan, 

 China, &c., in the yacht 'Golden Fleece,' in 1886-7, but no 

 account of it was ever printed. In fact, owing to this excellent 

 observer's bad health of late years and consequent retirement, 

 his death occurred almost unnoticcfl. 



Mr. Hakold Mitchell Courage, of Snowdenham Hall, 

 Bramley, Surrey, who died on August 14th, at the early age 

 of 40, was elected a Member of the B. O. U. in 1892, but 

 does not appear to have contributed to the pages of ' The 

 Ibis.' He left his collection of birds, consisting of from 6000 

 to 7000 specimens, to (yheltenham College. A few years ago 

 Mr. Conrage presented a representative collection of British 

 birds to the Museum of Hobart, Tasmania. 



By the death of the Rev. Hugh A. Macphersox, at the 

 llectory, Pitlochry, Perthshire, on the 26tli of November last, 

 Ornitholog}; has suffered a severe loss. Born at Calcutta 

 on February 19th, 1858, the eldest son of a former Editor 

 of the ' Quarterly Beview,' Mr. Macpberson was educated at 

 Haileybury College, whence he went to Oriel College, Oxford, 

 in 1876, taking his degree in 1881, and being ordained in 

 the following year. In 1888 he was appointed Chaplain 

 of Carlisle gaol, and in 1897 became Perpetual Curate of 

 AUonby, Cumberland, while the incumbency of the Episcopal 

 Church of Pitlochry fell to his lot in 1900. Having been 

 elected a Member of the B. O. U. in 1886, Macpherson made 



