[verb deleted] the official structure. We're after a user friendly
field guide order here. Ninety nine percent of field guide purchases
are made by people other than taxonomists - these are people who want
to see like matched with like. Quail are like button quail, so they
should be placed along side one another, followed by logrunners and
chowchillas [which behave just like button quail when they are
foraging]. The bottom line, is that species that can be confused
should be displayed together, not at opposite ends of the guide.
Regards, Laurie.
On Friday, March 26, 2004, at 08:47 AM,
wrote:
An interesting order could come from elevation or possibly the
ecosystems the birds are found in. Although this could cause many
nightmares during compilation, with mixed habitat species.
But seabirds could come first, followed by shorebirds, coastal heath
birds, birds of the plains, inland wetlands, then perhaps some type
of breakdown based on vegation type. Open woodland, Closed Woodland,
Rainforest fringes, Rainforet Gullies, Mallee, Mulga, Spinifex,
Garden Birds etc.
I dont think this would be a very good official structure, but may be
a handy field guide structure.
Peter
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