Bird Notes from the Nile. 21 



with regret that we remembered whereas 

 now we saw them by twos and threes, a 

 few years ago the same species were seen 

 by dozens, and even hundreds, and just as 

 the crocodile has been frightened to the 

 south of the Second Cataract by the 

 steamers, many birds have been from a 

 like cause banished. The waves from 

 stern wheelers and tourist boats splashing 

 on the sand banks encroach upon their 

 favourite solitudes, and the traffic which 

 has so greatly increased of late years has 

 not left their nesting places undisturbed. 



Heron, from ancient painting. 



