“The Pictorial Encylopedia of Birds” by Jan Hanzak is
originally a Czech work, also translated to the fantastic sister language
Slovak. There's a Swedish translation, too, I believe. Probably a real scorcher
in its day, the 500-page volume contains very little text and a lot of photos,
although unfortunately most of them are in black and white. Or perhaps not so
unfortunately, since I doubt a full-colour edition would go for 50 cents! But
yes, I can't say it's a *bad* book. The Dodo and the Imperial Wood-pecker
stands out, otherwise it's all the usual birdies we know from other sources:
honkers, storks, owls, lyrebirds, rooks, blackbirds (European ones)…well, there
are about 1,000 photos in this work, so you get the drift. Five stars, but only
for super-aficionados of the class Aves.
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