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New books for birders

Oceanic Birds of the World: A Photo Guide, by Steve N. G. Howell and Kirk Zufelt, Princeton University Press, 2019, paperback, 360 pages, $35.

This essential new guide to the birds of the oceans is both beautiful and practical. It includes more than 2,200 color photos of more than 270 bird species and is chock-full of field marks, range maps, tips

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