186 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
the ridge 1% inch, and the upper mandible projected 3th inch. 
The depth of the beak at its base is almost inch. 
At the beginning of November a Sea Eagle took up its 
quarters at Postwick and Plumstead, and, Mr. Buxton and Mr. 
Birkbeck having given their keepers orders to protect it, remained 
there a long time, but on December 23rd it was found dead. 
Mr. Southwell and I went several times to look for it, but could 
not obtain a view of it until at length we saw it in the hands 
of Mr. Gunn, of Norwich, for preservation. The prevailing 
direction of the wind this month was S. and 8.W. 
FLAMINGO CATCHING IN LOWER EGYPT. 
Ir has long been known that large numbers of Flamingoes 
are annually taken alive by Arabs, at the mouths of the Nile, for 
export to Europe, but the precise mode of capture has until 
lately been unexplained. 
We are indebted to Lord Lilford for having placed in our 
hands an interesting correspondence which has resulted from his 
enquiries, and those of Dr. G. H. Kingsley, who has recently 
returned from Egypt, and which embodies information obtained 
on the spot, with the assistance of Mr. W. P. Burrell, H.B.M. 
Consul at Port Said. 
From the letters forwarded it appears that the capture of live 
Flamingoes is made chiefly at Lake Menzaleh, between November 
and the end of the winter. It is effected by means of two nets 
from 20 to 25 yards long, and from 38 to 8} yards wide, connected 
at the two ends of one side by a stout cord. To these nets are 
attached at intervals upright poles, from 8 to 84 yards high, at 
the foot of which are fastened small wooden stakes, each about 
18 or 20 inches in length, one-half of which is driven into the 
ground below the water, the other half remaining above. To the 
top of each pole is fixed a strong line, about 50 or 60 yards in 
length, to be held and pulled by a man at the proper time, the 
cords of the right hand net being pulled from the left, and vice 
versd, so xs to cause the two sides to fall towards the centre, 
and meet each other like the ordinary “ clap-net” employed by 
English bird-catchers. 
