Wes Jansen:
>I too, have noticed that some of the illustrations in the National
>Geographic Guide seem to have more color than what I see in the
>field.

Don't forget that the illustrations in this guide were painted by
several people, with varying accuracy IMHO.

And the printing process adds another variable, it takes a lot
of work to get accurate color reproduction.

- Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>