- Hardcover: 1832 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; Abridged edition edition (6 Nov 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 019854099X
- ISBN-13: 978-0198540991
- Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 24.1 x 15.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 117,610 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The most comprehensive review of current knowledge since H.F. Witherby's Handbook of British Birds was published in the early 1940's" Times Higher Education Supplement, November 1994
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Here is the distilled esence of the definitive account of the birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa - BWP, as it is generally known to thousands of users. The abridgement has been made by members of the original editorial team under the general supervision of Professor C.M. Perrins of Oxford, who has acted as Consultant Editor. Dr. D.W. Snow has condensed the original text with masterly skill, retaining all the essential information in a fraction of the space. The Concise BWP also includes much significant new material. Accounts of more than eighty species has been added and the descriptions of field characters have been revised throughout. The population and distribution sections have been rewritten to take into account new information that has become available since BWP was published. The distribution maps have also been revised and brought up to date. They are now printed in full colour for maximum clarity, and hill shading has been added to indicate the relief. More than 230 magnificent new colour plates have been specially commissioned for this edition to illustrate newly added species or to replace earlier paintings used in BWP. Where the original paintings have been retained, they are now reproduced using the latest electronic scanning techniques. For greater convenience, all plates now appear in the text. Indexes in seven European languages are included in addition to the indexes of English and scientific names. The Concise BWP is an essential reference book for all who are interested in the birds of Europe, whether at the professional level or as amateurs.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The concise edition of Birds of the Western Palearctic is a set of 2 volumes in a nice sturdy presentation box:
Volume 1 - Non-Passerines
Volume 2 - Passerines
I'm very pleased with the books. Other books I already have are small paper-back pocket guide-type books of "Birds of Britain and Europe" that cost about 1/3 of the price of this 2 volume set. These are useful but the information in them is limited to the absolute basics of what the birds look like, sound like and where they can be found. Not enough to satisfy my curiosity. I wanted to know what they eat, where they nest, how many eggs they lay, what the survival rate of chicks is, how long they live, what their predators and diseases are and so on. The concise BWP answers some but not all of these questions and answers some questions I hadn't thought to ask. I'm very far from being an expert and these books are reference books so some of the terms are not in my active vocabulary. It's handy to have a dictionary within easy reach.
I was a bit disappointed about what seemed to me to be omissions, such as information on species longevity for example, which I thought wouldn't take up very much space. However, the books are packed with interesting data and they couldn't possibly fit everything into a concise edition. If they'd managed to get in all the information I wanted, it would have required more stars than Amazon allow.
13 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The concise edition takes all the best bits of the original BWP series, and with some new plates, updated maps and some new recently recorded species makes itself a must for the shelves of any self-respecting birder
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