RECOGNISING BIRDS
NEW ZEALAND BIRDS AND HOW TO IDENTIFY THEM. By Perrine Moncrieff. Third Edition. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. (8/6.) T is pleasant to think that Mts. Moncrieff’s book has run through two editions and now come out in,a third. For those who can’t afford’ Dr. Oliver's book it is just about indispensable; and in any case Dr. Oliver is too big and heavy to take on a journey. The chief changes made in this edition are a revision of the section on classification and the replacement of some of the illustrations. Mrs. Moncrieff adheres to} her rather peculiar method of listing birds first according to size and then according to orders, and in her index of basing a third reference on nests. While it is doubtful if this makes anything clearer or easier for the untrained, it must be confusing to others who use her book for the first time, and-can be annoying.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 470, 25 June 1948, Page 13
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154RECOGNISING BIRDS New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 470, 25 June 1948, Page 13
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