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Nature 438, 916 (15 December 2005) | doi:10.1038/438916a; Published online 14 December 2005

Taking flight

Richard Grimmett1

BOOK REVIEWEDBirds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide

by Pamela C. Rasmussen & & John C. Anderton

Smithsonian Institution/Lynx Edicions: 2005. Two volumes, 384 and 688 pp. £55