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Sibley Birds East & Sibley Birds West: A Review

10,000 Birds

It gets very confusing when I’m trying to look at subspecies descriptions in multiple field guides (“Slate-Colored Fox Sparrow” in Sibley West, for example, is “Western Slate-colored Group” in Stokes West). Notes next to the images point out specific field marks, usually complementing rather than repeating the text.

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The Secrets Inside Your Dog’s Mind

4 The Love Of Animals

They decided to study foxes, which are closely related to wolves and dogs. The Russians began by breeding a group of foxes according to one simple rule: they would walk up to a cage and put a hand on the bars. Foxes that slunk back in fear and snapped their teeth didn’t get to breed.

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