This book from Andrew Isles e-mail bulletin would seem to be the answer to
my query:
[15744] Mayr, E and Diamond, J. The Birds of Northern Melanesia:
speciation, dispersal and ecology. New York: 2001. Quarto, dustwrapper, 492
pp., nine colour plates by H. Douglas Pratt. AU$120.00
Despite speciations central importance in biology, many questions about it
remain controversial. This book provides by far the most comprehensive study
yet available of speciation in a rich fauna, composed of the 195 breeding
land and fresh-water bird species of the Bismarck and Solomon Archipelagos
east of New Guinea.
The book is the result of a 30 year collaboration between two of the most
famous names in ornithology. They show how northern Melanesian bird
distributions provide snapshots of all stages in speciation, from the
earliest stage (a widely distributed single species that does not vary
geographically) to the last stage (two or more closely related species that
occur together, that segregate ecologically and do not interbreed). for
biologists northern Melanesian birds constitute a model system which other
biotas can be compared.
The only problem is the price.
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John Leonard (Dr)
http://users.bigpond.com/john.leonard
PO Box 243, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia
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