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From: misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Field Guides for Galapagos & Ecuador
Message-ID: <MISAN.91Feb28125041@ra.abo.fi>
Date: 28 Feb 91 10:50:41 GMT
References: <1991Feb27.094529.3019@waikato.ac.nz>
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In-reply-to: math0065@waikato.ac.nz's message of 26 Feb 91 20:45:29 GMT

In article <1991Feb27.094529.3019@waikato.ac.nz> math0065@waikato.ac.nz writes:

>   I am planning a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos for this December, and I
>   would like people's advice on field guides, please.  I almost certainly need to
>   import whatever I decide on, so I need to be thinking about it now. 
>   Unfortunately, I speak almost no Spanish, so an English-language guide would
>   definitely be preferred.  Thanks in advance,

There already was  a reply on Ecuador. There is an English Field Guide
for Galapagos ('A Field Guide to the Birds of Galapagos'). I think all
the English books you need would be available from the American Birding
Assocciation. Let us know if you need the particulars.

Do you need site information as well?

Annika Forsten, Finland