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Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] fascinating combination of etymology and ornithology."
---Nate Swick, American Birding Podcast"I found the answers to many questions in this book, and I am sure you will, too."
---John Miles, Birdwatching Magazine"If you have ever wondered about the origins of the English words we use to name birds, this book is for you." * BirdWatching *
"This is an exceptionally fine book and one that I imagine every bird lover will will wish to have."
---David Gascoigne, Travels with Birds"Hats off to ornithologist Susan Myers on the exhaustive research and colourful writing style that characterise her latest book. . . Hard to put down."
---Jim Wright, The Wryneck"Extensive and well-researched . . . . Each entry goes beyond etymology, weaving in interesting ornithological details."
---Penny Sarchet, Wild Wild Lfie"[Myers] research, painstaking and comprehensive throughout, resulted in production of this fascinating volume which spans alphabetically – from Accentor to Zeledonia – all the bird groups of the world."
---Jim Wright, Lincolnshire Bird Club"As ever from Princeton this is a book produced to the highest standards of presentation and fit & finish, one which I highly recommend to readers of
Another Bird Blog and to birders everywhere. . . . It’s time to get your order in folks."
---Phil Slade, Another Bird Blog"[A] valuable reference work for academic and public libraries."
---H.T. Armistead, Choice"I certainly learnt many interesting facts from the entries that I read through and often couldn’t resist reading just one more entry before I put the book down again."
---Stephen Menzie, British Birds"This is a book to treasure."
---Andrew Lack, IBIS Book Reviews
