. Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley . THE QUAIL 105 must notice and learn from actual experience, andthe various calls and notes are so individual thatwhen once really noted are never forgotten, andto at all a good ear these aids to identificationare as sure as if the very bird were placed inhis hands. Quail pass through Egypt when ontheir way to their more northerly breeding quartersearly in March and April. Some few may remainthe year through, but they are a small return to Egypt is from September toNovember, and it is during these journeyings thatthe vast
. Egyptian birds for the most part seen in the Nile Valley . THE QUAIL 105 must notice and learn from actual experience, andthe various calls and notes are so individual thatwhen once really noted are never forgotten, andto at all a good ear these aids to identificationare as sure as if the very bird were placed inhis hands. Quail pass through Egypt when ontheir way to their more northerly breeding quartersearly in March and April. Some few may remainthe year through, but they are a small return to Egypt is from September toNovember, and it is during these journeyings thatthe vast quantities are caught in nets, which laterare sent to every European city for the tables ofthe rich. Mr. C. D. Burnett-Stuart very kindlyhas given me the following notes :— From Alexandria to Port Said the wholelength of coast is practically hung with nets; butGovernment lately has forbidden the placing ofthe nets on the actual foreshore which it controls,which were the most killing positions, and thenets can now only be placed farther back onprivate an
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