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of a Norfolk Bustard " and a second paper on " St. 

 Helen's Swan-pit " are all more or less archaeological ; 

 "Wild-Fowl Driving in the sixteenth Century," 1900; 

 " On the Breeding of the Crane in East Anglia," and 

 " On Dr. Marsham's ' Indications of Spring,' " 1901 ; 

 " Ancient Records of the Occurrence of certain Cetaceans 

 on the Norfolk Coast," and " The Great Bustard in Nor- 

 folk," and " On an unpublished Letter from Dr. Thomas 

 Browne to Mr. William Dugdale," 1902 ; "Leaves from 

 an Old Diary in the Years 1800-2," 1903 ; "On some 

 Early Dutch and English Decoys," 1904 ; " Some Old- 

 Time Norfolk Botanists," 1907. 



Similarly, in the "Zoologist": — "Martens in Suffolk," 

 1877 ; " Fen versus Marsh," and " An Unrecorded Norfolk 

 Great Bustard," 1897. 



The principal ornithological rarities in Norfolk recorded 

 by him are (in the "Zoologist"): — Glossy Ibis, Sooty 

 Shearwater, Pallas's Sand-Grouse, King-Eider, Caspian 

 Plover, Little Bustard, Broad-billed Sandpiper, Siberian 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, Pallas's Willow-Warbler, Mediter- 

 ranean Herring-Gull and Hybrid Blackgame. In addition 

 he chronicled numerous rare occurrences in other classes. 



Notwithstanding the deep interest he took in the blood- 

 thirsty occupations of sealing and whaling, he was one of 

 the gentlest and kindliest of men, hating any kind of 

 cruelty, and doing all he could to promote preservation 

 and check slaughter. He put whole-hearted service 

 into the affairs of the Norwich Castle Museum, and was 

 always on the look-out for specimens, photographs, or 

 anything else that would enrich the collection, and that 

 most excellent museum owes him a very great deal. 



His wife predeceased him in 1903, and he leaves two 

 daughters. 



With these imperfect lines we must leave him, fully 

 conscious of what scant justice we have done to the 

 memory of our revered old friend. There is one drawback 

 to having known him, namely, that his loss leaves a 

 permanent void — unfillable ! 



Alfred Heneage Cocks. 



