g'day all,
A list member asked what are the revisions to the Michael Morcombe
Field Guide to Australian Birds.
I note at least 7 plates have been entirely redone.
These include
41, petrels
47 & 49, shearwaters
73, egrets
75, bitterns
99, crakes etc
123, stints etc
Unfortunately the look-a-like Quails and Button Quails are still
separated by 84 pages
The Guide now includes an Alphabetic Quick Index that is also colour
coded.
Michael has a Web Page listed on pages 2 and also 432
But I had to use the Light Background feature on my PC and vintage
screen when it was available.
Updates can be found at
http://www.michaelmorcombe.com.au/updatefamilies2.html#Family%20Number
Unfortunately my 24 Kbps is much too slow to handle the Video clips
etc.
and I was unable to determine which pages to skip.
I suspect that there may be a few other problems with the Web Page.
When the FG was 1st published there were a number of postings to this
Mailing List detailing various errors.
A couple that I checked out have been corrected
eg .. the note on Black Currawong Tail, page 315
At that time I commented that the Nest section should have been
published as a separate book .. but I am surprised
how frequently I now refer to it.
Regards
Bob Forsyth, Mount Isa, NW Qld.
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