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Article: A Field Guide to the Birds of the Gambia and Senegal.(Ornithological Literature)(Book review)
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- The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2006 Wilson Ornithological Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A FIELD GUIDE TO THE BIRDS OF THE GAMBIA AND SENEGAL. By Clive Barlow and Tim Wacher. Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut. 2006:400 pp., 48 color plates. ISBN: 0-300-11574-1. $40.00 (paper).--This comprehensive guide has been very popular with birders for its inclusion of many tropical African birds. It was first published in 1997 in the United Kingdom by Christopher Helm, then reprinted with amendments in 1999, and now it has been released again in paperback by Yale University. It is the first field guide to the birds of Gambia and Senegal, and includes other areas of West Africa popular with birders from around the world.
Clive Barlow has lived in the ...