Sad fate of slaughtered Stone Curlews is to find themselves up for sale at Yorkshire auction house

                                                  

The days when Stone Curlews were killed for sport - and/or profit - will be recalled when a pair of stuffed and mounted birds are due to go under at a sale in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on April 22. They date back to between 1870 and 1900 when the birds fell into the hands of Roberts and Son, so-called 'naturalists', of Cattle Market Street in Norwich. Auction house Tennants  expect the birds, which are in a glass display case, to sell for between £150 and £200.