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    Handbook of Western Palearctic birds

    Personally, I would recommend buying the books now, rather than waiting for any second edition that may or may not be produced. HWPB is a magnificent piece of work. Any work of this breadth and detail will contain small errors, and none of the errors found so far are significant (and the errata...
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    Handbook of Western Palearctic birds

    Thanks, yes, I completely agree: much better to get the book out there and let the hive mind pick up the inevitable small errors than delay it for months while it’s given a final final final proof-read, as even the best proof-readers won’t pick up some of the more subtle issues.
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    Handbook of Western Palearctic birds

    After the crowd-sourced post-publication proof-reading exercise we carried out here on the second edition of the Collins Bird Guide a while back, I told myself that I wouldn't be doing anything similar again. However ... several people have been sending me details of errors they've found in...
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