FOREWORD 



The question is so often asked, " What is the name 



of that bird ? " that the author has tried in plainest 



fashion to answer such questions. The scientific 



man will find little that is new in these pages ; 



they are not meant for him — they are alone meant 



for the wayfaring man who, travelling this ancient 



Egypt, wishes to learn something of the birds he 



sees. 



C. W. 



Houghton, Huntingdonshire, 

 1909, 



