World Birds,
by Brian Martin (Pacific
Publishers, $49.95). A fun read for anyone interested in a ‘‘Guinness"’ look at birds the rarest bird in the world (ivory-billed woodpecker); the most acute sense of smell (kiwi); the fastest and slowest egg-laying (cuckoos and geese). Slight bias towards British entries (the author is English).
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Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 5
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52World Birds, Forest and Bird, Volume 19, Issue 1, 1 February 1988, Page 5
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