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a short list of articles on bird lime, a subject concerning which informa- 

 tion is not always easily found. The paper reviewed is by John Lewis 

 Bonhote and has an introduction on the need for protection of birds in 

 Egypt by Major S. S. Flower, both members of the British Ornithologists' 

 Union. Bird liming has been carried on in Egypt for an indefinite period 

 with no attempts at restriction until 1912. The localities where the 

 practice is profitable are limited, being open country on the far side of 

 bodies of water in the paths of bird migrants. Here bushes are set up 

 winch are very attractive to the birds as furnishing perches and promis- 

 ing food, and in these the limed rods are placed, or V-shaped flyways are 

 constructed in tall marsh vegetation with limed sticks at the apex. When 

 the bird catchers are undisturbed they get large numbers of birds ranging 

 in size up to rollers and turtle doves. The lime is made from pulp of 

 the fruit of Cordia mixta. On account of cruelty connected with the 

 practice of bird-liming, the fact that most of the birds captured are bene- 

 ficial, and the illegality of the whole traffic, strenuous efforts have been 

 made to break it up. 



The following references to information on bird lime and its use are 

 submitted. Treatments in encyclopedias are not included, but it is 

 worth mentioning that the principal works of this class contain a fair 

 amount of information on the subject. 



Abbey, George. The Balance of Nature and Modern Conditions of 

 Cultivation, 1909, pp. 188-190. 



Anon. Bird-Lime Manufacture in Japan. Chicago Field, Vol. 8, 

 No. 16, Dec. 1, 1877, p. 265. 



C, T. Bird-lime. American Sportsman, Vol. 4, No. 16, July 18, 

 1874, p. 253. 



Carnegie, W. Practical Trapping of Vermin and Birds. Third Ed. 

 pp. 62-65. 



Drieberg, C. Field Rats in Cultivated Land. The Tropical Agri- 

 culturist (Ceylon) Vol. 25, 1906, pp. 875-6. 



Phillips, Coleman. Small Bird Nuisance. Conference of New Zea- 

 land Fruitgrowers, etc. Dunedin, June 1901. N. Z. Dept. Agr. p. 37. 



The various substances reported to be used in the manufacture of bird- 

 lime include; inner bark of European holly and of the mochi tree of 

 Japan, presumably the whole plants of mistletoe and distaff thistle, 

 fruits of the genus Cordia, wheat flour, linseed and fish oils and Venice 

 turpentine. — W. L. M. 



The Ornithological Journals 



Bird-Lore. XXII, No. 4. July-August, 1920. 



Photography of the Scarlet Tanager. By C. W. Leister.— An admir- 

 able series of pictures of a very difficult subject. 



