field guide to jizz identification (1 Viewer)

fynnon

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2006

• #1

I'm not to sure if thats the correct title,but its a book i saw in a 2nd hand shop some time ago,I went back for it and guess what?...its gone.Does anyone know where i can source a copy of this one?many thanks.

 

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Xenus

New member

• Feb 10, 2006

• #2

The book that you are looking for is:

Birds by Character: A Field Guide to Jizz
Rob Hume, Peter Partington, Ian Wallace (Illustrator), John Busby (Illustrator), John Rees (Illustrator)

published in 1990 by Papermac
ISBN: 0333489071

It seems that it's currently out of print and the main UK booksellers don't have a copy - I checked for you. Best to try some of the specialist secondhand shops. Try google! At least the above details may help you.

Good luck.

 

tom24

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2006

• #3

Try an ad in your local reserve visitor centres,if any.
I got a copy from a local v.c. book sale last year where the books were donations from the public.

 

TWM

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2006

• #4

fynnon said:

I'm not to sure if thats the correct title,but its a book i saw in a 2nd hand shop some time ago,I went back for it and guess what?...its gone.Does anyone know where i can source a copy of this one?many thanks.

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I've got a copy I don't use. PM me. Tim

 

fynnon

Well-known member

• Feb 10, 2006

• #5

Thanks for the replys and information,can I ask how you rate the book?

 

Keith Dickinson

Well-known member

Opus Editor

• Feb 10, 2006

• #6

If available at the price I paid originally...£8.00 then I might buy it but if at current prices than no I wouldn't. Good idea...flawed execution.
Liked the semi finished sketches but the tall but narrow page format is a bind.

 

MSA

I may be relaxed but I'm not drunk....

• Feb 10, 2006

• #7

I thought the book was excellent, but limited by its subject matter. Jizz will always be personal; it's how you spot your wife/best friend in a crowd, instinctive rather than something that can be explained in black and white, and built on by experience. It's a good starting point to becoming a better field observer, but it won't help get an ID past the RBC!!

 

Swissboy

Sempach, Switzerland

Supporter

• Feb 11, 2006

• #8

MSA said:

... but it won't help get an ID past the RBC!!

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RBC? Is that something like Rare Bird Commitee? Sorry for asking, but Google was not exactly helpful here. And abbreviations are always tricky for the uninitiated.

 

MSA

I may be relaxed but I'm not drunk....

• Feb 11, 2006

• #9

That's exactly what it is, swissboy! Apologies for abbreviation, so easy to forget they're not universal.

 

Docmartin

Thought Police

• Feb 11, 2006

• #10

fynnon said:

Thanks for the replys and information,can I ask how you rate the book?

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A bit rubbish. Nice pics from DIMW, but seriously lacking in text. I'm willing to bet the contents of my pockets, which is... hold on... £8.34 and a toffee wrapper.... that no one has ever used that book to successfully identify a bird. If you already know what the birds are like you can empathise with the descriptions, but if you can't already id them this book will not help. ('Hmmmm... that bird is a little self-effacing, let's see,.... must be.... a Bullfinch!' etc.)

 

TWM

Well-known member

• Feb 18, 2006

• #11

I agree with the Doc. It's a bit of a curiosity but has some nice illustrations.