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| What more graceful bird to grace the cover than the swallow |
EXCITEMENT is building in advance of next week's proposed launch date of the third edition of the Collins Bird Guide.
According to advance publicity, this eagerly-awaited title has 32 more pages than its predecessor.
This has allowed for more space - both illustrations and text - to be given to various groups, including grouse, divers, raptors, terns, owls, swifts, woodpeckers, swallows, redstarts and flycatchers.
The entire text and all maps have also been revised.
Accompanying every species entry is a distribution map and illustrations showing the species in all the major plumages (male, female, immature, in flight, at rest, feeding - whatever is important!)
Says Collins: "In addition, each group of birds includes an introduction which covers the major problems involved in identifying or observing them."
There are also sections on:
* How to organise a sea watching trip
* How to separate birds of prey in flight
* Identification of duck hybrids.
Roll on next Thursday December 8 when the book is due to be published.
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