Charles Dixon (ornithologist)

Elliott Coues wrote in the preface to the American edition of Dixon's book "Rural bird life" pointing out the originality of the observations made from the field[1] and Julian Huxley noted Dixon for recognizing the value of prismatic binoculars for bird study.

He also argued that Darwin was mistaken to conclude that ornate male plumages evolved due to female selection.

[5] Julian Huxley recognized him for noting the potential of prismatic binoculars to unravel the life of living birds.

He was quite opposed to the ideas of acclimatisation and recognized the problem of introduction of species into Australia and New Zealand and their effects, especially on flightless birds.

[8] He expressed his conservation ethic thus:[9] After all, we only hold the fauna of the world in trust, and it is but our bare duty to posterity to hand that fauna down as intact as we found it, or as nearly so as the reasonable exigencies of life will admit.Of his many books, the following may be mentioned: In later life he took an interest in agricultural and horse shows, especially the Richmond horse show.