4 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 
