Date: 11/24/25 8:14 am From: Pam Hunt <biodiva63...> Subject: [NHBirds] Re: Book NOT available!
Aaaand it's gone already.
Kinda like a certain cuckoo...(which never even made it to this email list!)
Pam
On Mon, Nov 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM Pam Hunt <biodiva63...> wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Another piece of downsizing my book collection:
>
> I have a copy of Sibley and Alquist's "Distribution and Taxonomy of the
> Birds of the World" available to anyone willing to claim it. This is the
> authors' summary of their (then) ground-breaking work in using DNA-DNA
> hybridization to ascertain the relationships between bird species and
> larger taxonomic groups. This came out way back in 1990, and many of the
> proposed changes were adopted and then dropped as our understanding of
> avian taxonomy continued to evolve (pun intended).
>
> Still an important milestone for anyone collecting books out there!
>
> More info at:
> https://www.amazon.com/Distribution-Taxonomy-Birds-Charles-Sibley/dp/0300049692 >
> The book is in my office in Concord for anyone willing to travel
> here.Other arrangements can be made as needed.
>
> As with my last offering - first come first serve!
>
> Pam Hunt
> Concord
>
>
