EGYPTIAN BIRDS 



altogether, one being a Stork, the other the Heron. 

 The Storks fly with outstretched neck, whilst all 

 of the great family of Herons fly with their neck 

 doubled up and the head rather tucked back 

 towards the shoulders. 



If these seven characteristic diagrammatic pic- 

 tures of birds are once really learnt, it will enable 

 the most ordinary observer not only to know those 

 particular six birds, but the whole families, meaning 

 many scores of birds of which these are chosen as 

 representatives. The eyesight of some may need 

 help in the form of a good field-glass. What is a 

 good field-glass each individual must discover for 

 him or herself, since the good glass is the one 

 that really suits the sight of its owner. Some of 

 the most noted glasses of to-day are not, anyhow 

 to myself, of as much use as an old-fashioned one 

 that I have had for years, and with which I am 

 able at once to "get on" to the object I wish to 

 observe. This is a most important detail, because 

 birds are rarely still or quiet for long. When flying, 

 this is particularly the case, and the simpler the 

 glass and its mechanism the quicker you are on 

 the object, — and this when, perhaps, you have only 

 a matter of seconds for your observation is of 

 first importance. As I do not wish either to 



