MJB
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Nor mine & it's only a week to my birthday (a big one!).
21 again, John?
MJB
Nor mine & it's only a week to my birthday (a big one!).
- The book is filled with ads, especially rather unsightly QR codes pointing to the Cornell internet library. There are also numerous logos etc., a bit like a dress of a pro sportsman.
I don't like these codes either, are the ones in previous versions now redundant due to the Cornell takeover?
Links to the associated eBird page
A new Lynx field guide:
Birds and Mammals of the Galapagos
https://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-and-mammals-of-the-galapagos/
Shame they couldn't have included reptiles as well to make it more comprehensive, though these islands have already been well covered in previous texts. Not sure if there have been many splits since the last of these.
Swash and Still includes the reptiles and worked well when I visited a few years ago.
Niels
................brings me to my biggest niggle with the book: the bloody taxonomic order!!! AARGH! Passerines aren't too bad but poxy Non-passerines are a mare! See attached to get my meaning...
Other than that it's well laid out with a nice (but depressing at the same time) part-illustrated list of extinct birds.
Only other issue is that the paper used is fairly thin....can see the print thru pages and I'd imagine very easy to accidentally rip it too...so beware!
Have finally become convinced to order this single-volume version as well. Reason for my reversal of the earlier decision came from studying the sample plate on the gallinules. I noticed not only that the "Purple Swamphen" has now been split into several species. That much was foreseeable, actually. But each "new" species now comes with its separate distribution map. That is much easier for me than trying to locate the separate areas from the lumped map in the two-volume Illustrated Checklist. Not sure how often this will actually matter, but Lynx sure managed to get me caught in the well prepared net.
On the side, I also tried the QR code from the sample page, and sure enough, it worked. And while I would not have ordered for this feature, I still feel it is a nice addition. :t:
I pre-ordered mine and am still waiting - apparently, it's being reprinted.
Does this imply quality issues with printing / binding, perhaps they've noticed the transluscence of the paper that some have mentioned?
Did they mean just yours, a whole batch or all of them?
I pre-ordered mine and am still waiting - apparently, it's being reprinted.
Despite ordering it in good time - a friend of mine got his last week despite only ordering it the week before - my copy of 'All the Birds of the World' finally arrived yesterday. It's useful to have everything in a single volume but I'm struggling to get the QR function to work. Not sure if it's the reader on my phone or the book ....
Despite ordering it in good time - a friend of mine got his last week despite only ordering it the week before - my copy of 'All the Birds of the World' finally arrived yesterday. It's useful to have everything in a single volume but I'm struggling to get the QR function to work. Not sure if it's the reader on my phone or the book ....