CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



Foreword ...... ix 



I Feathered Artists ..... 1 



II Cliff-Dwellers and Mound-Builders . 17 



III Policemen of the Air .... 36 



IV Dancers . . . . . .51 



V Feathered Athletes . . .67 



VI Professional Musicians . . . „ 86 



VII Giant Road-Makers ..... 106 



VIII Scavengers and Street Cleaners . . 123 



IX Courts of Justice ..... 139 



X Birds and Their Beauty Parlours . . 153 



XI Aviators 172 



XII Bird Fishermen ..... 186 



XIII Mimics and Ventriloquists Among Birds . 206 



XrV Bird Actors and Their Theatres . . 223 



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