ADDITIONS TO THE NORWICH CASTLE MUSEUM. 829 
Vole ( Evotomys glareolus), Long-tailed Field Mouse 
(. Apodetnus sylvaticus), and Mole ( Talpa europceus ) from 
Coltishall, near Norwich, 1912 ; and Mr. J. H. Walter pre- 
sented a pale-coloured variety of Rat ( Mus norvegicus) from 
Drayton, near Norwich. 
The additions to the collections of Birds include a gift from 
Mr. L. J. Tillett of mounted specimens showing nestling 
Cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus) in nest of Pied Wagtail ( Motacilla 
lugubris) taken at Old Catton, Norwich, July 8th, 1913 ; 
Professor Newstead, a skin of St. Kilda Wren ( Troglodytes 
hirtensis ) ; and Mr- J. T. Spurred, a mounted specimen of 
variety of Lapwing ( Vanellus vulgaris) shot at Weybourne, 
Norfolk, October 4th, 1912. 
The collection of Birds’ Eggs has been enriched by Mr. 
W. Bruce Clarke, M.A., F.R.C.S., by an interesting gift of the 
Egg of the Great Bustard ( Otis tarda), found on Massingham 
Heath, Norfolk, about 1818, and described in Stevenson’s 
“ Birds of Norfolk,” Vol. II., p. 41. 
The collection of Mollusca has been augmented by the 
generous gift of Mrs. Holmes of Strumpshaw Hall, near 
Norwich, of the collection of shells representative of British 
Marine, Land and Freshwater Mollusca, collected by the late 
Mr. W. J. O. Holmes. The collection consists of about 
15,000 specimens, mounted and arranged with remarkable care 
and taste in one large mahogany cabinet of thirty-six drawers 
with trays, and two smaller cabinets. The classification 
followed is that of H K. Jordan (1870), compiled from Gwyn 
Jeffrey’s “ British Conchology,” and, in an interleaved copy, 
Mr. Holmes has recorded the localities from which his speci- 
mens were obtained. The collection is intended mainly for 
students, and is especially valuable for the purpose of com- 
parison, as Mr. Holmes spared neither time nor money in 
completing the representation of a species from the beginning 
to the end of its life history. 
The number of visitors to the Museum, as registered by the 
turnstiles, was 152,108, the largest recorded number since the 
year 1896. 
