Re: updated field guide

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At 11:29 AM 5/7/99 -0400, Andy Rabin wrote in part:
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>     Also, for anyone interested, the new National Geographic Field Guide is
>available (I saw a copy at Borders @ White Flint).  It looks really good-
>much better color reproduction on the birds and maps, more species, more
>Empid info (!), several new plates, and it's easier to find the info you
>want in the accompanying text.
>
>Andy Rabin
>Gaithersburg MD
>andyrab@wam.umd.edu

I just picked up two copies!  Thanks, Andy!  It does look good.  In a
*quick* perusal, I noticed a ton of new species/new illustrations; I think
the introduction says that there are 35 more plates and 80 new species.  I
will be curled up in a chair all this evening (or even this afternoon)
looking at this book!  Little Egret, Kelp Gull, Black-tailed Gull, and
Yellow-legged Gull are among the many new species treated and illustrated.  

Rob

Rob (Robert) Hilton--*robert@csa.com*--Bethesda, Md. (very close to
Washington, DC)

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