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. 
Cc. W. 
Hoventon, Huntineponsaire, 
1909, 
