Howdy All! Any of you who *need* an excuse to purchase the new "Birds of the West Indies" can use the following valid excuse: *** The plates include color illustrations of both Eurasian Collared Dove and Shiny Cowbird. Those of you using this excuse, should do so quickly as the third edition of the National Geographic Society Field Guide will be coming out late this spring with 75 new species illustrated. I'm assuming both of the above will be included in the new edition. I bought the West Indies book with some Christmas money over the holidays. Ahhh. A different world... -Greg Miller Lusby, MD