A Bird of the Year
This year's Christmas card of that pioneer body, the Nor- folk Naturalists' Trust, is in some sort a memorial to the founder, Dr. Sidney Long, the most efficient bird-preserver of our time, who died this year—multis ilk bonis occidit. The bird chosen for this Christmas is the wheat- ear, a charming migrant that in the springtime is characteristic of the South Downs and in autumn of the East Coast, not least of that succession of sanctuaries between Cley and Blakeney, of which Dr. Long was the chief author and begetter. As to my own experience of the bird, I have found the eggs in a rabbit-hole on the Downs and watched the autumn migration on the coast just west of Cley. I was with Dr. Long and a very ardent amateur " watcher " as we watched little flocks and many single birds drifting along the sea's edge. The price of the card is 41d. each or 4s. 6d. a dozen, including envelopes (for each card) and postage. The original water-colour by J. C. Harrison is for sale. Orders, accompanied by remittance, should be sent to Miss Constance Gay, Victoria Chambers, Bank Plain, Norwich.
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