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Title: Substandard Printing
Review: If you are at all interested in birding or being able to use this book in the field, do not buy this version.I have this same book from 1966, learned to bird with the plates and information, and it was very useful to me as a beginner's field giude. I wanted an updated version, and the information in this new printing is indeed updated. But the pictures are very badly reproduced. My 44-year-old version looks brand new in comparison. The plates are blurry and over-exposed, making them look washed out and destroying important nuances. Also, the range maps that accompany each species are virtually unreadable (white against pale grey). It looks like a cheap black market knock off.As a fan of the original, I'm totally disappointed.
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