The bird: a natural history of who birds are, where they came from, and how they live

A different way of being. What is means to be a flier ; How birds became

Dramatis personae. Keeping track : the absolute need to classify ; All the birds in the world : an annotated cast list

How birds live their lives. The eating machine ; The world as an oyster ; Idyll and mayhem : the sex lives of birds ; Families and friends ; The mind of birds

Birds and us. Living with birds and learning from birds

Epilogue. A matter of attitude.