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MR. C. STAOY-WATSON ON THE HERRING. 
to her daughter, Mrs. Sanders, from whom it was purchased 
by subscription, and presented to the Museum. The Norwich 
Museum thus possesses, including a female in the Lombe 
collection, two males and five females of the old Norfolk and 
Suffolk race of Bustards, which there is reason to hope will be 
displayed in the new Museum in a manner worthy of their beauty 
and rarity. 
The additions to the Oological, Entomological, and Botanical 
collections have also been numerous, as well as to the Geological 
collection, the most interesting contribution to which has been a 
portion of the skull of a Musk Ox, from Trimingham, presented 
by Mr. A. F. Buxton, which has been figured in the ‘Quarterly 
Journal of the Geological Society.’ 
It is hoped that at no distant date the contents of the old 
building, which is crowded to excess, may be removed and re- 
arranged in the Castle, which is being rapidly prepared for their 
reception. 
X. 
VARIETIES AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE HERRING 
( CLUPEA H AREN G US, LINN.). 
By C. Stacy- Watson. 
Read at Yarmouth Section, January 16th, 189//.. 
“Of all fish in the sea, Herring is King.” So sang an ancient 
poet, and it is as true to day as then. 
The study of the habitat of this fish of all food fishes, is not 
only very interesting, but most important, on account of its 
enormous value as a cheap and nutritious food for the population. 
Up to the present time, although great Herring fisheries in 
different parts of the world have existed for centuries, nevertheless 
