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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pbjosh" data-source="post: 3693205" data-attributes="member: 117939"><p>I'm certain the new title is a valuable contribution and good for folks who don't already have Ridgley and Greenfield, but honestly the Restall art turns me off. I find Miles McMullan's compact field far better than Restall's Birds of Northern South America for use in the field, and I actually found his books brilliant for Colombia and Ecuador. The art and concise text and maps were good enough 98% of the time. The other 2% of the time you can consult Hilty for Colombia, Ridgely for Ecuador, and Ridgely's Passerines and the Non-Passerines of S America volumes to resolve anything else.</p></blockquote><p></p>