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Message: <blockquote data-quote="StevePreddy" data-source="post: 1721339" data-attributes="member: 37455">Here's the list of errors I'm aware of to date. One other point - if there are any errors in these errors, post those here too <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Preface, p. 7The first edition was in fact published in 14 languages, not 13 Species accounts, pp. 14-407p. 16    Lesser White-fronted Goose: the map should not show Britain as part of the species’ wintering range p. 28    Baikal Teal: British status should be V*** and ‘arguably doubtful whether any record involves a genuine straggler’ should be deleted in the light of recent isotope studiesp. 54    Chukar: British status should be ‘-’p. 70    Macaronesian Shearwater: in the title, ‘Macaronesian’ should be in bold typeface p. 80    Striated Heron: British status should be ‘-’p. 86    Bald Ibis: mapped breeding distribution is too extensive; the species is only known to breed in the wild at one site in coastal Morocco and one site in Syriap. 90    Griffon Vulture: British status should be ‘-’p. 100     Booted Eagle: British status should be [V***]p. 105    Hen, Montagu’s and Pallid Harriers: the illustrations of adult males are too darkp. 110    Honey Buzzard: the map should show the British breeding range extending patchily to Wales, northern England and Scotlandp. 124    Water Rail: the map shows this species occurring widely in Iceland, whereas it is quite a localised speciesp. 126    Purple Swamphen: ‘mada- gascariensis’ should read ‘madagascariensis’p. 128    Common Crane: the map should show a small breeding population in East Angliap. 130    Houbara and MacQueen’s Bustards: British statuses should be transposedp. 156    Marsh Sandpiper: the mapped breeding range should include Estoniap. 171    Slender-billed Curlew and Little Curlew: on the smaller illustrations of these two species in flight, the bills have been truncatedp. 186    Audouin’s Gull: British status should be V***p. 217     Trocaz Pigeon: the pale shading at the tip of the tail and left wing of should not be presentp. 220    Oriental Cuckoo: British status should be ‘-‘p. 234    Red-necked Nightjar: British status should be V***p. 254    Black Lark: British status should be V***p. 277    Robin: on the largest illustration of an adult, the line pointing to the breast should be captioned ‘rusty-red bib’p. 280     Moussier’s Redstart: British status should be V***p. 282    Isabelline Wheatear: the map should show the breeding range extending into Romaniap. 288     White-crowned Wheatear: British status should be V***p. 296    Blue Rock Thrush: British status should be V***p. 306    Eastern and Western Orphean Warblers: British statuses should be transposedp. 314    Moustached Warbler: British status should be ‘-‘p. 324     Olive-tree Warbler: British status should be V***p. 332    Greenish Warbler: ‘mostly Jun-Jul, often sing’ should read ‘mostly Aug-Sep; also Jun-Jul when often sings’p. 332     Green Warbler: British status should be V***p. 338    Brown Flycatcher: British status should be V***p. 356    Masked Shrike: British status should be V***p. 359    Nile Valley Sunbird: ‘Walley’ should read ‘Valley’p. 374     Rock Sparrow: British status should be V***p. 386    Parrot Crossbill: ‘has bred in Britain’ should read ‘breeds in N Scotland in ancient pine forest; has bred in England’Vagrants, pp. 408-17p. 408     Cape Teal: British status should be ‘-‘p. 413     Swinhoe’s Snipe: British status should be ‘-‘p. 416    Eastern Crowned Warbler: Listed countries should include BritainIntroductions and escapes, pp. 422-26p. 408     Black Swan: British status should be ‘-‘p. 413     Emperor Goose: British status should be ‘-‘Index, pp. 429-48p. 429    ‘Allealle’ should read ‘Alle alle’p. 430     ‘Auk, Little Allealle’ should read ‘Auk, Little Alle alle’ p. 430     ‘Aukelet’ should read ‘Auklet’p. 430    Bluetail, Red-flanked: ‘Tarsigercyanurus’ should read ‘Tarsiger cyanurus’p. 431    Buteo and Buzzards, Buteo: page range should be 106-09p. 431    Buzzard, ‘Steppe’: ‘Buteo Buteo vulpinus’ should read ‘Buteo buteo vulpinus’p. 431     ‘Rough-Legged’ should read ‘Rough-legged’p. 431     ‘Calonectris diomedea. diomedea’ should read ‘Calonectris diomedea diomedea’p. 435    ‘Flycatcher, (Asian) Brown’ is misplaced, before other flycatchersp. 436    Guillemots: ‘Uris’ should read ‘Uria’p. 436    Gulls: ‘Large White-Headed’ should read ‘Large white-headed’p. 436    ‘Hawkfinch’ should read ‘Hawfinch’p. 436    ‘Harrier, (Western) Marsh’ is misplaced, among the heronsp. 437    ‘Kittywake’ should read ‘Kittiwake’p. 438    ‘Martin, (Eurasian) Craig’ should read ‘Martin, (Eurasian) Crag’p. 439    ‘Nuthatch, KrüperXs’ should read ‘Nuthatch, Krüper’s’p. 439    Under Oenanthe, ‘284’ should read ‘cypriaca 284’p. 444    ‘Stercorarlidae’ should read ‘Stercorariidae’ and the correct page range is 174-7p. 444     Under Stonechat, ‘Eastern’, ‘er al’ should read ‘et al’p.445     ‘Tarsigercyanurus’ should read ‘Tarsiger cyanurus’p. 446    Under Tringa, ‘tetanuss’ should read ‘ totanus’p.446    ‘Uris lomvia’ should read ‘Uria lomvia’</blockquote>

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