29 SEPTEMBER 1939, Page 15

A New Sanctuary

The Trust adds the following details : This bird has been chosen because it was a favourite of the late Dr. S. H. Long, the founder of the Trust, and its honorary secretary for twelve years. No one looked forward more eagerly than he to the arrival of the wheat-ear in the early spring of each year, and he was usually the first to record its appearance in Norfolk. The Trust has recently entered into arrangements to acquire an area of Breckland, where this bird nests, in order to preserve the land as a sanctuary, and on this site it is proposed to erect a stone in memory of Dr. Long.