Oh, I forgot about the separate printings on each side of the Atlantic. ..........
But the same problems in the printing, I presume?
I still have held back buying. Might get it in the US after all.
Oh, I forgot about the separate printings on each side of the Atlantic. ..........
But the same problems in the printing, I presume?
I still have held back buying. Might get it in the US after all.
I tried to check the tanagers and could not even find a listing in the table of contents. They run under Cardinals. Not very convenient. Of course, one finds the tanagers in the index in the back. But that's far from convenient for a quick search.
Personally, I think the differences between first and second editions are minor, and while worth the price--they are barely so. Was disappointed the scoter and common moorhen splits were not addressed--probably they came too late. Omitting the lines connecting comments to illustrations was a step back, as well as getting rid of the text at the top describing and comparing multiple species. The darker printing of illustrations seems to smudge some fine details, and I find the smaller font more difficult to read.
I agree regarding the missing lines. Will be interesting whether they remain in the "regional" editions. I hope they keep them. Over all I have been rather comfortable with those. But as on my last visit, I often travel in both eastern and western areas when I travel (this time it was Chicago area, California, and Colorado/Wyoming). So it's easier to use the single volume NG.
... And these books even go a step further, incorporating taxonomic changes since 2014 – such as the split of Ridgway’s Rail – and adding several new introduced species to the Western Guide – Japanese White-eye, White-collared Seedeater (Cinnamon-rumped subspecies), Bronze Mannikin, Orange-cheeked Waxbill, and Pin-tailed Whydah, all found in southern California.
Prior to publication of the 2nd edition, the improved maps in the Eastern/Western derivatives offered a significant advance wrt the the original 'Big Sibley' – so there was a good reason to have them even if compactness wasn't a major consideration.
Btw, Edward, I'm greatly enjoying Trapped (Ófærð) – up to episode 5 so far.Look forward to getting the Western Guide later this month but I hope the Wood Duck map shown in the Amazon.com preview isn't the one printed in the book (I'm guessing it's Mottled). Most inaccurate map I've seen since the one showing the distribution of Wolf in Greenland in HMW!