address bands were resumed by the Smithsonian PMS team, working throxigh 
NAMRU-3 in collaboration with the Giza Zoological Gardens. A main 
banding station, during spring, was maintained at Bahig with some birds, 
especially quail, being captured in Burg El Arab. Some birds were also 
captured at Port Said, at Abu Rawash near Cairo, an.d in the Fayum. The 
capture methods of the Bedouins ensured that the birds were largely 
passerines and quail, but a scattering of smaller non-passerines was 
taken. The spring season, 1967, tos quite successful but operations 
ceased for 15 months in June when hostilities forced evacuation. 
Renewed operations at Bahig in the fall of 1968 were curtailed because 
all birds had to be transported by truck back to NAMRU-3 in Cairo before 
banding and release. In spring of 1969, full operation was restored 
with American and Egyptian personnel in the field. In fall 1969, it 
was possible to operate a second banding station at Mersa Matruh. A 
total of ^7,324 birds of 75 species were banded in the six seasons in 
Egypt by the PMS Program. The totals for each species handled (includes 
both birds banded and those used only for laboratory purposes) in Egypt 
and are shown in the Appendix II. 
In addition to banding birds, the field team recovered many 
foreign bands and some of its own bands that Bedouins brought to the 
stations. These data are presented in Appendix I, pages 157 to 192, 
while recoveries of PMS bands are summarized in Table 2. 
Although notes were published in the official European banding 
journal, The Ring , the recovery rate has not been impressive (Table 2), 
It was hoped it would be possible to stimulate interest in Egypt and in 
Europe by sending out circulars in many languages. The hostilities and 
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