26 The Official Guide to the 
on September rst, 1873, at East Wretham. At the 
bottom of the case is a fine Bustard. The beautiful 
group of these birds in the centre of the room, as 
already explained, represent the extinct race of 
Norfolk-bred Bustards, which have vanished never 
to return, the species now ranking with us as an occa- 
sional migrant; of the latter class, the bird above 
mentioned is a representative, having been shot at 
Winterton on the coast in the year 1820. Several other 
migratory examples have been obtained in this county 
since that date. The two Little Bustards in close 
proximity are also Norfolk specimens, one was 
killed at Trunch and the other near Norwich ; both 
are females. ‘There are also two others, male and 
female, localities unknown. 
Case VI. 
devoted to the Limicota, also contains many rarities 
worthy of notice. The fine bird known as the © 
Stone Curlew, or Norfolk Plover, is found in summer 
breeding sparingly in the open parts of the county; 
there are also specimens of a remarkable iong-legged 
bird, the Avocet, which at the beginning of the 
present century nested in more than one locality in 
this county, notably at Salthouse Marshes, where it | 
was called the “‘ Shoe-Awl,” from its peculiarly formed 
beak. A still longer-legged bird close by is appro- 
priately named the Stilt Plover, the bird in this 
case was killed on Hickling Broad on June t1oth, 
1822. Some beautiful varieties of the Woodcock 
from the Hastings collection, and several very rare 
Sandpipers, amongst which are an example of the 
scarce melanistic variety of the Common Snipe known 
as ‘“‘Sabine’s Snipe;” the Broad-billed Sandpiper first 
made known as a British Bird from a Nortolk-killed 
