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THE author of this book has culled from many standard works on the folklore of peoples such myths, legends and fairy tales as relate to birds, and has recast them in simple language suitable for children. The result is a series of quite charming tales, delightfully told, which, in the pleasant guise of fable, include a considerable measure of true and salient facts about the form, habits and natural history of birds. Primitive man was always a close observer of natural things, and the myths which centre round natural phenomena are merely his attempts to find reasons for things which he could not otherwise explain.
Stories of the Birds from Myth and Fable.
By M. C. Carey. Pp. 192 + 8 plates. (London, Calcutta and Sydney: G. G. Harrap and Co., Ltd., 1924.) 5s. net.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 115, 907 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115907d0
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