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in 1856-7^ he became a member of tlie 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 had an 
excellent ^' ear/^ in spite of the deafness to which allusion 
has been made. He was elected a Member of the B. O. U. 
in 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 unnoticed. 
Mr. Harold 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. tJ. in 1892, but 
does not appear to have contributed to the pages of ^ The 
] bis.' He left his collection of birds, consisting of from 6000 
to 7000 specimens, to Cheltenham College. A few years ago 
Mr. Courage presented a representative collection of British 
birds to the Museum of Hobart, Tasmania. 
By the death of the Rev. Hugh A. Macpherson, at the 
Rectory, Pitlochry, Perthshire, on the 26th 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 Review,' Mr. Macpherson 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 
Allonby, 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 
