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[Andy Adcock]

Mammals of China is available according to the website.

https://www.lynxeds.com/product-category/new-releases/

 

[Swissboy]

Mammals of China is available according to the website.

https://www.lynxeds.com/product-category/new-releases/

Yes looks nice. But as Lynx states there, it is not a FG, and not meant to be.

I presume that holds for other such volumes as well. Thus, a good way to learn what species one might expect, but not optimal to actually get their ID features.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Mine arrived today.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Disappointed to note that The Mammals of China, a European publication on the Mammals of Asia, opts for the Americanised 'Gray', throughout.

 

[Mysticete]

Disappointed to not that The Mammals of China, a European publication on the Mammals of Asia, opts for the Americanised 'Gray', throughout.

Larger US market compared to UK/Australia/etc?

 

[Andy Adcock]

Larger US market compared to UK/Australia/etc?

No idea, more and more common for Europeans to use American spellings. I think some, genuinely do not realise there is a difference and it's becoming commoner for kids in ther UK to make the same error.

Go to www.lynxeds.info and use code CHINA920 for a checklist download.

 

[Mysticete]

well, if it makes you feel better, I regularly interchange spellings, so at least some Americans do the same thing.

 

[pbjosh]

I actually generally find British spelling more elegant, with few exceptions. I generally don't use it, though, as I feel it makes a non-Brit look a bit of a poser. That aside, though, at this point "American" english has effectively become "international" english, for better or for worse. So it's not surprising that international projects or things that target international audiences increasingly use "international" spelling. I've seen it in other areas as well. Being a Spanish company, I don't see that they have any particular reason to use British english, and it doesn't really effect my life in the least, but I am generally not a fan of loss of character / loss of diversity in languages.

 

[Melanie]

Desmond Allen's Birds of the Philippines is finally published.

 

[Melanie]

The Largest Avian Radiation is finally published.

 

[Andy Adcock]

Code for Philippine list download from the new book.

PHILIPPINES1020

 

[Matt Slaymaker]

Not new releases, but some reasonable deals on the Lynx website at the moment...

Birds of Indonesian Archipelago for <£30
https://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-of-the-indonesian-archipelago/

Illustrated checklist birds of the World is half price
https://www.lynxeds.com/product-category/by-categories/illustrated-checklists/illustrated-checklist-of-the-birds-of-the-world-2/

 

[Andy Adcock]

Desmond Allen's Birds of the Philippines is finally published.

Great work, a big well done from me Des!

 

[Melanie]

I am still waiting for my copy.

 

[Lerxst]

Has anyone in the USA that ordered All the Birds of the World actually gotten it yet? I ordered it in September and have yet to see it.

 

[Andy Adcock]

A 2nd edition of Indonesia already?

A much sexier cover shot though!

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago - Lynx Nature Books

The first ornithological field guide covering the vast chain of the Indonesian archipelago completely revised following years of meticulous research.

www.lynxeds.com

 

[Swissboy]

A 2nd edition of Indonesia already?

A much sexier cover shot though!

Birds of the Indonesian Archipelago - Lynx Nature Books

The first ornithological field guide covering the vast chain of the Indonesian archipelago completely revised following years of meticulous research.

www.lynxeds.com

While I agree about the "sexier" look of the cover (in fact, I think it is a stunner), I also think it is a cheater! There is that one rare Bird-of-paradise that occurs in a fraction of the area that the book tries to impress with. It is hardly representative for the whole area, though.

 

[Andy Adcock]

While I agree about the "sexier" look of the cover (in fact, I think it is a stunner), I also think it is a cheater! There is that one rare Bird-of-paradise that occurs in a fraction of the area that the book tries to impress with. It is hardly representative for the whole area, though.

There is another one Robert but it's a bit less impressive as the name suggests, Paradise Crow Lycocorax pyrrhopterus

 

[pbjosh]

Birds of Indonesian Archipelago for <£30
https://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-of-the-indonesian-archipelago/

With the new edition in preparation - https://www.lynxeds.com/product/birds-of-the-indonesian-archipelago-2/ - and due soon, the old one might be less attractive. I'm certainly keen for the new edition but one thing catches my eye, under product details it lists "Product Format: Hardback" which I hope is not the only offering. Hardback books in the field get destroyed, a plasticized soft cover is vastly preferable, and the hard cover is my only real complaint with otherwise excellent the first edition! I carried mine around Malaysia/Indonesia for 2 months and it is in wretched condition.

 

[Andy Adcock]

I tried to have a look but the site is down

'Error establishing a database connection'​

The only change I can see that's mentioned in the new edition are 'improved' range maps, surely there must be more to it?