... , W.W. Norton , New York, NY . Editor‐in‐Chief Stan Z.   Li . Encyclopedia of Biometrics . Heidelberg : Springer   2009 . 2 vols. , ISBN: 978 0 387 73004 2   £300.50/$449 © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 --> Biology Encyclopaedias Identification...

...Stuart James Moira   Butterfield . (Children’s) Who Am I?Long‐necked and Leggy (Giraffe) . London : Belitha Press   1999 . 32 pp , ISBN: 1 85561 859 1   £3.99 paperback © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Science Children Identification Black and White (Panda...

...Dick Seamons Kevin   Baker . Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa . London : Christopher Helm   1997 . 400 pp , ISBN: 0 7136 3971 7   £32.00 Helm Identification Guides series © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Birds Identification Naturalism...

... is the appropriate one here) of the book is the species accounts and they are set out in a standardised way. Each has a line map of the area in black and white. The texts deal with identification, voice, habits, habitat, breeding, distribution, and status and also indicate further reading. An excellent bibliography...

..., and they did not concentrate on identification. Beaman and Madge is a summation of what is known now about the identification of birds in the area covered. It has been a long time in the making, nearly 20 years, so what is the result of this lengthy gestation? As the authors say, the book is more...

...Paul Kirwan A. D.   Mills . Oxford Dictionary of English Place‐names 2nd edition . Oxford : Oxford University Press   1998 . xxxi + 411 pp , ISBN: 0 19 280074 4   £7.99 paperback © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> England Geography Identification The obvious...

... --> Geography Identification What on earth is a dead country, you might reasonably enquire. Only philatelists will have a ready answer. A dead country is the term used for a place, not necessarily a sovereign country, that once issued postage stamps but now no longer does so, usually because it has ceased...