Mr. Bronson has chosen to write of the starling because it is interesting in itself, a familiar bird to many children, and typical of many other birds.  Here, then, in amusing, informative pictures and simple text is a wealth of birdlore.  The marvel of streamline design and construction which is a bird's body—a design which man has copied to a great extent in building airplanes—is carefully explained.  We follow the starling from nesting time, when the female busily sets the nest to rights, until the young ones are completely independent.

Imported to this country from Europe in 1890 and released in Central Park, New York City, to fight our growing number of insect pests, the starlings quickly adapted themselves to the new climate.  "Today there are starlings up in Canada, as far South as Dixie, and all across this country form the Atlantic seashore to the Rocky Mountains." Though some people consider them nuisances only, Mr. Bronson—without slighting their faults—points out their many good qualities which are often overlooked.

As in Turtles and Coyotes, the text is printed in large, clear type, and there are pictures on every page.

From the dust jacket