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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swissboy" data-source="post: 1545002" data-attributes="member: 4926"><p>This book used to be my standard FG between the Peterson and the Collins-Mullarney/Svensson. It came in different editions from 1972 to (at least) 1995. It was also published in various languages. The German version was called Pareys Vogelbuch. Unfortunately, some colors used to be a bit dark when printed. Thus, those Blue Tits from the Canaries look virtually black on the head instead of the more accurate dark blue. But overall, this had long been my favorite. And it used to be the only one that covered the areas to the east and south of the Mediterranean. However, the Mullarney/Svensson is hard to beat, and in its paperback edition, it is not all that much larger.</p></blockquote><p></p>