MU. T. SOUTHWELL ON ADDITIONS TO T11E MUSEUM. 
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SOME ADDITIONS TO THE NORFOLK AND NORWICH 
MUSEUM IN THE YEAR 1889. 
By Thomas Southwell, F.Z.S. 
Read 25th February, 1800. 
It is satisfactory to find that the rare birds which have from 
time to time been met with in the county of Norfolk continue to 
find their way to the Norwich Museum, where they are carefully 
preserved, open to tho inspection of all, and free from the risk 
of neglect, and perhaps of dispersal, which attends every private 
collection, let its present owner value it ever so highly. There 
are many unique examples which their owners would do a public 
service by either giving in their life-time or bequeathing to the 
central collection in the county which has produced them, so as 
to make it as representative and complete as possible. During the 
past year our Museum has been successful in acquiring one valuable 
example from a well-known county collection, but it is matter 
for great regret that some of the other rarities from the same 
collection were dispersed by the auctioneer. I refer to a beautiful 
Norfolk-killed specimen of White’s Thrush ( Oreocincla aurea), 
killed at Hickling in 1871, which was purchased by subscription 
from the collection of the late Rev. S. N. Micklethwait of llickling. 
The Museum authorities are indebted to the representatives of that 
gentleman for allowing them to purchase this bird privately, for had 
it gone to his auction it would probably have realised a higher price 
than we should have been able to have otfered for it. The bird is also 
a welcome memento of one who was so long known as an ardent 
local ornithologist and a sincere well-wisher of the Museum. 
Another valuable addition to the local collection was an immature 
King Duck (Somateria spectabi/is) killed at Hunstanton in 1888, 
