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ter up, and Law No. 9 of 1912 was enacted. Captain 

 Flower reports that "in most parts of the country this 

 law has been loyally kept, and has resulted in a most gratify- 

 ing increase in the numbers of many species of useful and 

 beautiful birds, especially the rufous warbler, the hoopoe 

 and the buff -backed egret. 



"Many officials have personally taken up the subject and 

 done good service to Egypt in seeing to the protection of 

 the birds in the districts in which they worked; among 

 many others, the following gentlemen have been especial 

 benefactors to the country: F. J. L. Atterbury, Mr. J. L. 

 Bonhote, Mr. G. C. Dudgeon, Mr. H. Hartshorne, Lt.-Col. 

 H. C. B. Hopkinson Pasha, Col. G. G. A. Hunter Pasha, 

 Major G. H. Malcolm, Mr. A. T. McKillop, Mr. M. J. Nicoll, 

 the late Mr. W. Olphert, Miralai G. F. G. Purvis Bey, 

 Miralai T. W. Russell Bey, Mr. J. D. Shepherd, Mr. T. L. 

 Smith and Mr. G. E. Burnett-Stuart. 



"But I regret to say that there are districts where the 

 law has been constantly broken during the last few years. 

 Grave responsibility lies on the local authorities of Dami- 

 etta, Fuwa and Rosetta for their unpatriotic and uncivilized 

 behavior in allowing the birds, which would otherwise bene- 

 fit the whole of their own country and other countries, 

 to be wantonly and very cruelly destroyed. It appears that 

 the best method of stopping these illegal practices is to 

 let the whole matter be publicly known, so that the people 

 concerned may be educated to the error of their ways." 



In a brochure published by the Ministry of Public Works 

 of Egypt, Zoological Service publication No. 28, entitled 

 "Bird Liming in Lower Egypt," Mr. J. Lewis Bonhote 

 describes the nefarious and destructive industry of bird 

 liming in the provinces of Damietta, Fuwa and Rosetta, 

 which comprehend the best bird-hunting grounds of Lower 

 Egypt. It is in these regions that the migratory insecti- 

 vorous birds pause as soon as they cross the Mediterranean 

 to rest and look for food. It is there that they are received 



