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Meet Suliformes, one of the newest orders of birds

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Which, naturally, got me to thinking about the newly erected order Suliformes, a development I mentioned in my December column, 2010′s Top 10 Developments in Bird Taxonomy and Systematics , but which I thought deserved further examination, for it’s one of those stories that defines the era in which we are living and birding.

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The Jewel Hunter: A Book Review About One Birder’s Quest for Pittas and Beer

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The Jewel Hunter is heavily laced with Gooddie’s particular brand of broad ironic humor, and I did enjoy that, but I would have traded about 10 percent for a little more insight into the unexpected outcomes of his experience. WILDGuides, 2010 (UK), 424p. Overall, I think 10,000 Birds readers would reading enjoy The Jewel Hunter.

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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

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It is Herperia comma, the skipper we call Common Branded Skipper, a smaller orange-brownish skipper with several white spots on its hindwings. 2010; distributed by Princeton University Press. 2010; distributed by Princeton University Press. I think British and American lepidopterists need to talk more. WILDGuides Ltd.,

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