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perhaps led to his difficulties. He died iu December, 1894 ; his 
collection having been sold at the Corn Hall, June 18th, 1870, 
and his books also, a “disaster” he never forgot or recovered from. 
His was a good representative collection, and contained many birds 
in their nuptial plumage, such as would be difficult to obtain now, 
with the close season protection and the paucity of birds also for- 
bidding it. At this sale there were 9G lots and over 180 specimens 
in all ; and these, all authenticated birds and well selected, for 
Overend knew a bird when lie saw it, fetched ridiculously low 
prices. 
Edward Smvtii Preston (eldest son of Edward 11. L. Preston) 
was born at Yarmouth, in the house on the North Quay now 
occupied by the Colchester Brewery, formed a very fine collection 
of eggs, which was sold in his life-time by Christie, in London, 
for a considerable sum of money ; he also collected birds, which 
were, in like manner, sold. I find it recorded that his collection 
contained a Black-winged Stilt, shot by Thomas (the gunner) in 
May, 1823, and which was given to him by his uncle, the l ib- 
Charles A. Preston ; and a Little Bittern which, Paget says, was 
killed at Lowestoft in 1830. He also possessed a Bittern’s egg, 
from the collection of Mr. John Smith, before referred to, taken 
at Horsey in 1841. Mr. Preston left Yarmouth after disposing 
of his collections, and is since dead. 
Joseph Tomlinson. — "Who made a collection of eggs and birds, 
but never wrote anything on the subject. He had a pair of White 
Spoonbills, shot on Breydon in May, 18(35. Upon his leaving 
Yarmouth his collection dispersed ; subsequently he returned to 
the town, and died at Gorleston. 
In conclusion, I may say that I feel many worthy names have 
been omitted from this paper, and that I shall be only too happy 
to receive any information which may tend to recover such from 
the dust of ages, which has obscured their “ name and fame.” 
To those ladies and gentlemen who have assisted in compiling 
this paper, I beg to express my thanks ; and, at the same time, 
to record my gratitude for the assistance I have experienced from 
the ‘Transactions’ of our Society, and Palmer’s ‘ Perlustration 
of Great Yarmouth.’ 
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