Here is an unofficial list of what's different between the 2nd and 3rd editions of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America ... per the index. (Differences due to name changes have been ignored in this compilation) SPECIES ADDED TO THE 3RD EDITION (about 86, although some illustrations were in the 2nd edition as forms or subspecies): Albatross, Shy Bishop, Orange Bluetail, Red-flanked Bunting, Yellow-breasted Chaffinch, Common Cowbird, Shiny Curlew, Little Egret, Little Rosy-Finch Black Brown-capped Gray-crowned Flicker, Gilded Flycatcher Asian Brown Cordillerian La Sagra's Narcissus Nutting's Pacific-slope Piratic Siberian Gnatcatcher, California Goose, Egyptian Grassquit, Yellow-faced Grosbeak, Crimson-collared Gull Band-tailed Black-tailed Kelp Yellow-legged Hobby, Eurasian House-martin, Common Hummingbird, Xantus's Jay Florida Scrub- Island Scrub- Western Scrub- Mango, Green-breasted Mannikin, Nutmeg Murrelet, Long-billed Myna, Common Oriole Baltimore Bullock's Parakeet Black-hooded Blue-crowned Dusky-headed Mitred Red-masked White-winged Yellow-chevroned Parrot Lilac-crowned Orange-winged Petrel Bulwer's Dark-rumped Fea's Herald Mottled Murphy's Pewee, Cuban Plover European Golden- Little Ringed Pacific Golden- Redshank, Common Robin, White-throated Shearwater, Wedge-tailed Shrike, Brown Snipe Jack Pin-tailed Sparrow Nelson's Sharp-tailed Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Stonechat Swift, Common Tanager, Flame-colored Tern, Large-billed Thrush, Bicknell's Titmouse Juniper Oak Towhee California Caynon Eastern Spotted Vireo Blue-headed Cassin's Plumbeous Yellow-green Warbler Crescent-chested Fan-tailed Yellowthroat, Gray-crowned [Note: Tropical Parula is missing from the index on the 3rd edition, but it's in the book] DELETED FROM THE 2ND EDITION (13): Coot, Caribbean Dove, Ringed-turtle Emerald, Cuban Francolin, Black Goose, Red-breasted Ibis, Scarlet Petrel, Solander's Quail Coturnix Japanese Shearwater, Townsend's Sparrow, Java Swan Black Black-necked Phil ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================