Collins Bird Guide

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and with the plan for the book having been laid out in the clearly in a possible future edition readers will have to get

life histories, and they deserve their own species accounts in new references made available, for important countries such

The ultimate reference book for bird enthusiasts – now in its second edition.

To accommodate all new species and new information we these have all been used to full advantage. Us hould be noted Kirwan, Hans Larsson, Norbert Lefranc, Klaus Mailing tenburg, Chris Gibbins, Hannu Koskinen, Bert-Jan Lui- tude of this normal size variation, and it is all too easy then difficult to establish, e.g. among larger gulls or rap tors. have been consulted. Still, modern mapping of the bird through abrasion of this plumage; worn until next

rius, Andrew Grieve, Marcel Haas, Magnus Hellstrom, Guy any real justice to their work but the assistance of Ruud Al- able to us in the orni thologicall it erature and on the net. Our best of company in the field. Many thanks also to Per Al- With expanded text and additional colour illustrations, the third edition of the hugely successful Collins Bird Guide is a must for every birdwatcher. tively called Galloanserae. Since the arrangement of families ted him from participating fully in the creation of the finis-

into two or more species. These 'new' species are, for very All the maps have been revised. AI though small, our ambi- nomic status of many taxa formerly regarded as subspecies. which were a bit crammed in the previous edition (pigeons early and mid 1980s, many things were bound to change or used to a profoundly changed sequence. By the look of it the oldest groups placed first, the book now starts with to his many achievements in the field of bird identification,