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Article: Ratites and Tinamous: Tinamide, Rheidae, Dromaiidae, Casuariidae, Apterygidae, Struthionidae.(Book Review)
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- Wilson Bulletin
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- June 1, 2003
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By S. J. J. F. Davies. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford. 2002: 310 pp., 12 color plates by Michael J. Bamford, numerous range maps and line drawings by Danika Loomes. ISBN 0-19-854996-2. $85 (cloth).--This ninth volume in the Oxford Univ. Press series Bird families of the world treats eight families of birds, the six mentioned in the title plus the extinct families of moas (Dinornithidae) and elephant birds (Aepyornithidae). The author follows the classification of Bock and Buhler (Bonn 1988, pp 31-36 in Proc. Int. 100. DOG Meeting, Current Topics in Avian Biology) and thus includes the eight families in the Order Struthioniformes, with the tinamous (Tinamidae) and rheas ...