This book has both plates with standard illustrations and a bunch of
photographs, for each species. This is the first I've seen that is set up
this way, although I've seen field guides that include supplemental
photographs in the back. I wish that more field guides would adopt the
combined illustrations/photos approach, though it would increase the size
and cost a lot.

Ruth Taylor
Seattle/Ballard
rutht at seanet.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Paulsen <birdbooker at zipcon.net>
To: birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com <birdbooklist at yahoogroups.com>
Cc: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Thursday, September 11, 2003 2:44 PM
Subject: NEW GULL BOOK


>HI ALL:
> I picked up the NEW gull book and it blows Grant's book out of the water!
>608 pages of gulls! In color! I predict that it will replace Grant's Gulls
>book as the standard reference on gulls for birders!
>
>
>--
>Ian Paulsen
>Bainbridge Island, WA, USA
>A.K.A.: "Birdbooker"
>"Rallidae all the way!"
>