Introduction	xi
I	"Oh, the Birds..." Birds Observed and recorded	1
II	In the Beginning How long have we been enchanted by Birds? Forever it seems	37
III	Death Comes as a Rooster Folk tales and parables	77
IV	Odin's Ravens Bird Companions	111
V	A Bird in the House Sinister auspices	151
VI	Remembering Is Not Seeing Correspondences and transformations	185
VII	A Bird in the Hand Birds we use, eat, wear, and sell	225
VIII	Then the Birds Attacked Avian defence and flying nightmares	265
IX	Some Blessed Hope Birds and the nostalgic human soul	303
	Biography/Text Acknowledgements Image Acknowledgements Index of Contributions	346 355 366