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Article: Birds of Western Africa.(Ornithological Literature)(Book review)
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- The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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BIRDS OF WESTERN AFRICA. By Nik Borrow and Ron Demey. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. 2004: 512 pp., 147 color plates, 3,000+ color illustrations. ISBN: 0691123217. $40.00 (paper).--Birds of Western Africa, by N. Borrow and R. Demey, was originally published in 2001 by Christopher Helm, London (hard cover), whereas this volume was released as part of the Princeton Field Guide series (soft cover). This magnificent field guide covers all 1,285 species of birds found within the present region of Western Africa, which the authors define as extending from Senegal and southern Mauritania east to Chad and the Central Africa Republic, and south to Congo, ...