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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