Charles Whymper

The question is asked and asked, but no very distinct answer comes, why are the birds so tame in Egypt?

so that the tameness of some of Egypt’s birds is one more mystery of this land of mysteries.

That the native birds are very small in number is true, but the total number of birds, and varieties of birds, that come for a time and pass on is very great. Those that live in temperate climes do, however, have the best of the deal, as it must ever be a greater