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Came in from the greenhouse to find this sitting in the porch this afternoon! A quick look through shows no signs of the print problems I've found with the previous two volumes and the illustrations seem fine.
For some unknown reason I was drawn to reading the caption to Fig 249 on page 456. It has left me wondering if the taxonomists have been fiddling with the tit family, I thought it was Parus caeruleus. On the opposite page the Robin genus should be Erithacus.
This is a volume I have really been looking forward to and will place it near the top of my read me pile - well one of the many read me piles!
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| Mine hasn't arrived from NHBS books in Totnes yet. Easter delays with the post probably! Sure it will be here in next few days. NHBS are one of the 1st to dispatch the new N/N books as soon as they are published. Looking forward to it.
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| My copy of Bird Migration (N/N 113)has arrived today from my standing order with NHBS in Totnes, Devon in perfect condition and looks a cracking book. I have not had chance to look at it in detail yet but the cover is really nice! Anyone else received theirs? Lee.
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| i have it also received from amazon co uk, very nice production en a bible of migration.
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| Yep, mine came on Friday from NHBS. Awesome cover...my favourite for a long long time. Quite a 'weighty tome' by the looks of it...not sure if thats a good or a bad thing yet!
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| Just a pointer for any Birders that want a reading copy of the book...Bird Watching magazine is giving a free copy (pbk) of this away when you subscribe this month (£11.65 quarterly Direct Debit of £46.60 pa for 13 issues). Incidentally, their bookshop (www.wildsounds.com/birdwatching )is selling Hbk copies for £37.99 and Pbk's for £21.99.
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re: Bird Migration: Yes, I found that taxonomic oddity about the blue tit. I too thought it was Parus caeruleus. Perhaps someone from the BTO (for example) could tell us if indeed there have been changes!!
Bird Migration is a good addition to the collection; I had never fully understood, not appreciated, that the term migration covers a multitude of possibilities. This is a very readable and illuminating title.
Did anyone enjoy the volume on Grouse? I was spellbound for hours by it. Extraordinarily well written and perhaps better than the one on Wildfowl in that respect.
My all time favourite is Gordon Manley's Climate and the British Scene. An absolute masterpiece in writing science with a very observant human touch. I doubt we will ever get that sort of writing again. Only he could write the unforgettable caption to a photograph:
"Princes Street, Edinburgh: early May. Springtime: almost calm, slight haze, very light air from S.E. Cautious retention of coats by older Scotsmen"
It's that last sentence that puts Manley a cut above most writers. Classic!
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| I have just bought Bird Migration and have read about one third. I too find it very readable and useful, with many nuggets of new information. Incidentally, how many of you have spotted the glaring error in the Editor's Preface? John B PS I am posting a very belated response to S W Mott's above observations under another heading.
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