THE HUMAN SIDE 

 OF BIRDS 



by 

 ROYAL DIXON 



Illustrated 



■ ERE is a sympathetic, colorful book 

 . which will help you to understand the 

 spirit, emotions and impulses in the lives of 

 our feathered friends of the air. It is not a 

 bird guide or a tome devoted to the scien- 

 tific aspects of birds, but a simple, factual 

 story of the friendly creatures and what they 

 do and feel. 



There is scarcely a quaUty or occupation 

 in the human world which does not have its 

 parallel in the bird world. They fill all the 

 professions and occupations from aviat&rs to 

 street-cleaners. Woodpeckers are stor^-keep^> 

 ers, wrynecks are bakers, eagles are police- 

 men, turkeys are road-makers, owls are 

 judges, etc., etc. Birds raise their own food, 

 have their own theaters and orchestras, 

 maintain labor unions and military organi- 

 zations. They have a distinct social life all 

 their own. In size and appearance and be- 

 havior, they are more varied than humans 

 ever have been or in all probability ever will 

 be. 



THE HUMAN SIDE OF BIRDS shows 

 that our friendly, feathered neighbors do 

 many things that man does and that for 

 thousands of years birds have been doing 

 things which it is doubtful men will ever do. 

 By stories told from personal observation, 

 by facts gathered with loving care by fa- 

 mous ornithologists, by illustrations both in 

 color and black and white, Royal Dixon 

 opens before your eyes the fascinating, 

 human side of birds. 



