A Waxwing Card •
For several years the Norfolk Naturalists' Trust has increased its funds for making and preserving bird sanctuaries by the issue of a Christmas card, showing some beautiful and charac- teristic bird. They gave us the Snow Bunting last year when the bird acknowledged the compliment by appearing in large numbers, very early in the year on Scolt Head. The Trust seems to have a certain preference for migrants from the North rather than the South. The Waxwing now joins the Snow Bunting and Crossbill. It is almost as capricious as the Crossbill, whose movements altogether defy prognostics. It is chosen presumably because last year was a famous Waxwing year. A number of correspondents of The Spectator reported its presence, especially in Yorkshire. Though a Northern bird it rather suggests the tropics and the glorious splash of colour that earned the bird its name is a godsend to the artist. The card is distributed by the Honorary Secretary and author of the Trust, Sydney H. Long, M.D., 31 Surrey Street, Norwich. The cards cost 4s. 6d. a dozen or 44d. each, including suitable envelopes and postage. A few of last year's but none of earlier date are procurable. Christmas is anticipated by this wide interval because more and more cards are bought for overseas.
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