SubjectA Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil
Ber van Perlo
465 pages, 187 col plates, 1791 maps, 5 line illus.
Softcover | 2009 | #180970 | ISBN-13: 9780195301557
NHBS Price:
£27.50
| $43/€34 approx.
Hardcover [supplier must order] | 2009 | #180977 | ISBN-13: 9780195301540
NHBS Price:
£95.00
| $150/€117 approx.
Customer Reviews:
The good and the bad
by
John Brannan
in
UK
On buying this book my first reaction was one of delight. On studying parts of it thoroughly I was surprised at the number of errors and wondered if the book had ever been proof read and if so by whom. The most glaring and unforgivable schoolboy error is on Plate 45 where a Collared Dove is actually labelled as a Turtle Dove. There are illustrations with no identifying number against them and some with the wrong number. There are texts that refer to illustrations a, b etc. of particular species, but the illustrations are not shown. I counted 9 errors and I was only studying the birds of one particular region, I shudder to think how many there are in total. A really useful and important book, partly spoiled by sloppy workmanship. I feel that for the price Oxford Press ask for this book, they should make a bigger effort to make it error free.
The good and the bad
by
John Brannan
in
UK
On buying this book my first reaction was one of delight. On studying parts of it thoroughly I was surprised at the number of errors and wondered if the book had ever been proof read and if so by whom. The most glaring and unforgivable schoolboy error is on Plate 45 where a Collared Dove is actually labelled as a Turtle Dove. There are illustrations with no identifying number against them and some with the wrong number. There are texts that refer to illustrations a, b etc. of particular species, but the illustrations are not shown. I counted 9 errors and I was only studying the birds of one particular region, I shudder to think how many there are in total. A really useful and important book, partly spoiled by sloppy workmanship. I feel that for the price Oxford Press ask for this book, they should make a bigger effort to make it error free.
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