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, 



