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suddenly a cock pheasant got up, followed instantly by the partridge. I was 
greatly surprised to see the latter fly up at the pheasant and then down again at it, 
crossing the line of the pheasant’s flight several times before they both came to 
the ground about one hundred yards off, where the noise and disturbance were 
continued. I concluded that the pheasant was seeking to interfere in some 
domestic arrangement of the partridge family, which resulted in this disturbance, 
in which, as far as I could judge, the partridge was not content to act on the 
defensive, for the pursuit on the wing betokened active hostility. Perhaps such 
scenes are not unusual in the breeding season. Collingwood Hope. 
J. M. W. — The Great Tit ( Parus major ). 
Swallows. — We have received two or three notes on the late stay of the 
swallow tribe with us this year, which we hold over until our January number, 
thinking that other correspondents may have something to communicate on the 
subject. 
THE LATE REV. PERCY MYLES. 
The Academy of October 17th had a sympathetic notice 
of Mr. Myles, from which we extract the following “ Ever 
ready to preach or lecture, he wore out a powerful frame by over 
exertion, and never found time to write any book by which his 
name should be preserved. But he will always be remembered 
by those who knew him, however slightly, as the warmest of 
friends, the most thorough of students, and the most modest of 
critics. A visit from him was as exhilarating as a draught of a 
sea-breeze.” 
Notices of Mr. Myles have also appeared in the Journal of 
Botany, Nature, the Guavdian, the Daily News, and various local 
papers at Richmond, Ealing, Bristol, Birmingham, Cork, etc. ; 
and a suitable tribute to his memory was pronounced by Prof. 
Henslow at the opening of the Autumn Session of the Ealing 
Natural History Society on October 31st. 
At the meeting of the Linnean Society held on November 
5th, the President, Prof. Stewart, referred from the chair to the 
loss the Society had sustained by the death of Mr. Myles. 
Several Fellows of the Society have promised contributions to 
the Myles Memorial Fund. We hope to publish a list of the 
contributors to the Fund in the January number, and in the 
meanwhile would urge upon the Secretaries of Branches to do 
all in their power to promote the undertaking. All subscrip- 
tions should be forwarded to the Rev. Prof. Henslow, Drayton 
Villa, Ealing, W. 
THE SELBORNE SOCIETY. 
The object of the Selborne Society is to unite lovers of Nature for the follow- 
ing purposes : — 
The Protection from unnecessary destruction of Wild Birds, Animals and 
Plants ; 
The Protection of places and objects of Antiquarian Interest or Natural Beauty; 
The Promotion of the Study of Natural History. 
The minimum Annual Subscription (which entitles the subscriber to a 
■monthly copy of the Society’s Magazine) is 2 S. 6d. 
All particulars as to membership may be obtained from the Secretary of the 
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