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CHAPTER Il. 
TRAVEL AND EQUIPMENT. 
Time, in bird-watching, a great factor for success—Travel in wild Spain— 
Camping out verysus country quarters—The minimum equipment necessary 
for comfort—Saddles, pack-saddles and saddle-bags—Importance of a com- 
plete equipment—What a birdsnester should carry—Use of aneroid, field- 
glasses, telescope and compass—What his assistants should carry—Bird 
traps and trapping—How to trap birds without injury—The joys of wan- 
dering in a wild country. 
N order properly to study the ways 
and habits of wild birds the main 
factor of success is time. Without 
ample and adequate time the field- 
naturalist will inevitably miss oppor- 
tunities which may never occur again 
in a lifetime. 
Few men however can spare 
the time required for thorough re- 
search, so one can only make the 
best use possible of the time one has. 
I can recall various expeditions after 
birds and nests during the last 
thirty-five years, where, had it not 
been for lack of time, I could have achieved successes which were 
almost within my grasp but which had to be abandoned, in some 
instances for ever. 
