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RFI: 20thC Australian bird books

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Subject: RFI: 20thC Australian bird books
From: Paul Jacobson <>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2007 19:11:48 +1100
Hi All,

I've been browsing a few local second hand book shops, and was curious about the value of some of the older Australian bird books.

My inital impression is that many are of historical value only. On cursory examination the two volume Slater "A Field Guide to Australian Birds" and "What Bird Is That?" seem to fall into this category.

Several other books looked to be worth further consideration: H. J. Firth's "Waterfowl in Australia" looked pretty interesting, but seemed to be from the late 60's, so I was unsure of it's value as a contemporary reference. One tome that really caught my eye was J. D. MacDonald's "Birds of Australia" which looked to be quite interesting. Peter Slater's detail drawings were better than anything I've seen in the current crop of field guides, and I'm very tempted to buy this volume on that basis alone.

I'm curious if anyone has any recommendations on which volumes published last century are still worth adding to a new birders library.

cheers
Paul
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