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at lOjOOO feet where we could play golf or anything, quite 

 level or nearly so with nice grass and gazelles. We camped 

 here for about a week among the heath and bracken, 

 reminding one of home. We ascended all the peaks, which 

 reach up to about 10,600 feet, and the whole place is now 

 well mapped out. Birds are scarce high up. 



" Since we left the high ground, we have been gradually 

 working south-west along the footliills, and are now nearly 

 south of the range. We are now going to ascend the 

 southern end of the range. It is all very charming, but 

 Lynes took the cream ofc' the birds last time. Still, we 

 have done well, especially with Mammals, and I anticipate 

 a good number of new species. Of birds, we have got, 

 I believe, a new Lark, a Rock-Pigeon, and a Cisticola ; 

 also a large and beautiful Stork (between 7000 and 

 10,000 feet), and large Bustard and several Eagles new 

 to the Sudan." 



The Plumage Bill. 



After a long controversy in Committee on ti.e Plumage 

 (Prohibition) Bill, an agreement was reached on 10 May 

 between the principal supporters and opponents of the 

 measure. There is, therefore, a reasonable chance that 

 the Bill will pass into law before this notice appears in 

 print. The terms of the agreement are as follows : — 



(1) The Act to come into operation nine instead of 



six months after the passing thereof. 



(2) Within four months after the passing of the Act the 



Board of Trade shall appoint a joint Advisory 

 Committee consisting of an independent chairman, 

 two expert ornithologists, three representatives 

 of the feather trade, and four other independent 

 members. The function of this committee will be 

 to advise the Board of Trade as to additions to 

 and removals from the existing schedule (ostrich 

 and eider-duck) of birds whose plumage may be 

 imported. 



