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National Audubon Society Birds of North America: A Guide Review

10,000 Birds

Interestingly, Chestnut-collared Longspur does appear under its brand-new official name, Thick-billed Longspur, though the description underneath uses the old name. Color-coded page headings denote bird groups, matched by color-coded bird silhouette icons located midway down the edge of the page.

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The Birds of Trinidad and Tobago: Two Guides, One Book Review

10,000 Birds

There were three profound questions my birding group discussed while we birded Trinidad and Tobago, back in December 2012: (1) How many Bananaquits could fit on a banana? (2) Do not buy these books, unless you are collecting old bird books. 2) Which hummingbird was more beautiful—Tufted Coquette or Ruby-topaz Hummingbird? (3)

Trinidad 215
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Britain’s Dragonflies & Britain’s Butterflies: A Review of Two Field Guides

10,000 Birds

The where and how of egg laying and larva emergence is briefly treated, with page references to larval drawings at the back of the book. Life cycles of odonata are described with a minimum of scientific language, accompanied by photographs illustrating stages–egg laying, larva, emergence, aging, mating, dispersal.

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