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Title: Could be a lot better...
Review: Since there are few complete pocket guides for South America I though that this was worth a chance. However, there are areas for improvement- many of the illustrations are strangely proportioned- heads are too big or too small, bodies elongated or squat, and so forth. The poor use of space on the plates is surprising for a book produced by Princeton. To top in all off the maps are all in the back of the book, meaning that you are constantly flipping back and forth. I ordered this with "Birds of South America" by Erize et al., which is of a similar format and also published by Princeton. No problems with that book at all...but too bad I can't recommend this one...
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