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Birds and People: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We sing about them, we paint them, we use them as mythic and poetic symbols for our spiritual and emotional feelings, we wear them in myriad and often colorful ways, we adopt them as household pets. So, I just sit here, amazed at this book.

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Getting sentimental: Birding at Baihualing, China

10,000 Birds

The species name sipahi comes from the Hindustani word for soldier, for the red uniform worn by those in the employment of the East India Company ( source ). On the other hand, another species – the Red-tailed Minla – is not a member of the Actinodura family.

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