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FIRST EDITION. VERY GOOD COPY IN VERY GOOD DUSTWRAP. DESIGN AND CARTOGRAPHY BY CRISPIN FISHER. AN EXTENSIVE INTRODUCTORY SECTION PROVIDES VALUABLE INFORMATION ON THE UNDERLYING FACTORS AFFECTING BIRD DISTRIBUTION SUCH AS CHANGES IN THE CLIMATE AND VEGETATION OF THE WESTERN PALEARCTIC SINCE THE ICE AGES. IT ALSO ASSESSES THE OFTEN CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS OF MAPPING BIRDS AND EXPLAINS THE AIMS BEHIND THE PRESENT WORK.