As a consequence of surfing the internet earlier today to learn more about gull hybridisation, I learnt of the existence of the following book:
McCarthy, E.M. (2006). Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World. 608 pp. (Oxford University Press, New York).
Sample pages of the book are available for viewing on Google books. Each record of a hybrid in the book is referenced to the original source of information, which is extremely useful. I don’t know how up-to-date or comprehensive the book is (presumably there have been records of new hybridisations since its publication), but there are over 5,000 references cited in the book. Anyway, I thought that some of you, especially twitchers, may also be interested in this book.
Kind regards,
Stephen
Stephen Ambrose
Ryde, NSW
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I think that Google Books (and similar sites) are set up to show a slightly different set of pages to each IP address that logs on.
Thanks to Nev, we can now read what we want.
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Nev,
Thanks for that link. A handy addition to the library. Much better price than the USD 160-200+ the second hand market is asking for the title.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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You will see immediately after the cover page, some text that you might find enlightening.
The text reads “This is a preview. The total pages displayed will be limited”. Iimagine that if you wish to read the non viewable pages, you will have to buy the book.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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Sure – understand that – if they showed it all then who would buy the book? But just strange that different people see different pages. I guess if enough people looked at it between us we could access all the pages!
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Dave,
Try this link;
http://www.spinus.info/Images/books/AH743697479746.pdf
Nev Capell
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Thanks – that works. It seems that Stephen and I get totally different results from Google – after 40+ years of working with computers I still don’t understand them
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Yes, that’s interesting. I can see pp. 1 to 19 and 150 to 180 on my computer (using Internet Explorer 10 as my browser).
Cheers,
Stephen
Sent: Saturday, 26 January 2013 9:05 AM Cc: birding-aus@lists.vicnet.net.au
Very strange – that is what did before and I can see pages up to 123 and then the next one it shows is 181! Maybe – and this is a pure guess – they show different people different pages. After all they cannot presumably show the entire book for copyright reasons so perhaps what I get is different to what you get?
Just tested on my wife’s PC using Firefox (I use Chrome as a browser). Basically the same pages available there except that the ones from 124 to 180 do not show at all on my PC but on hers they show as blank pages with a message that the page is not available for viewing!
WOuld be interested to know what other people are getting!
Hi Dave,
Try this link then click on “View Sample” in top left hand corner of page, scroll down to p. 173.:
http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Handbook_of_Avian_Hybrids_of_the_Worl http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Handbook_of_Avian_Hybrids_of_the_Wor l%0d%0ad.htm?id=MwInO7z_Y3oC&redir_esc=y> d.htm?id=MwInO7z_Y3oC&redir_esc=y
The book states that the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) has been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull), L. cachinnans (Yellow-legged Gull), L. canus (Mew Gull), L. glaucoides (Iceland Gull), L. hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull) and L. ridibundus (Black-headed Gull).
L. heuglini (Heuglin’s Gull) has only been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull).
L. dominicanus (Kelp Gull) has been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull) and L. delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull).
So there were no records of Kelp (Cape) Gulls interbreeding with Lesser Black-backed Gulls up to 2006, the year that this book was published.
Cheers,
Stephen
Stephen Ambrose Ryde, NSW
Very strange – that is what did before and I can see pages up to 123 and then the next one it shows is 181! Maybe – and this is a pure guess – they show different people different pages. After all they cannot presumably show the entire book for copyright reasons so perhaps what I get is different to what you get?
Just tested on my wife’s PC using Firefox (I use Chrome as a browser). Basically the same pages available there except that the ones from 124 to 180 do not show at all on my PC but on hers they show as blank pages with a message that the page is not available for viewing!
WOuld be interested to know what other people are getting!
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Hi Dave,
Try this link then click on “View Sample” in top left hand corner of page, scroll down to p. 173.:
http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Handbook_of_Avian_Hybrids_of_the_Worl d.htm?id=MwInO7z_Y3oC&redir_esc=y
The book states that the Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) has been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull), L. cachinnans (Yellow-legged Gull), L. canus (Mew Gull), L. glaucoides (Iceland Gull), L. hyperboreus (Glaucous Gull) and L. ridibundus (Black-headed Gull).
L. heuglini (Heuglin’s Gull) has only been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull).
L. dominicanus (Kelp Gull) has been recorded interbreeding with L. argentatus (Herring Gull) and L. delawarensis (Ring-billed Gull).
So there were no records of Kelp (Cape) Gulls interbreeding with Lesser Black-backed Gulls up to 2006, the year that this book was published.
Cheers, Stephen
Stephen Ambrose Ryde, NSW
Interesting – I cannot see them – pages 124-180 are not shown when I browse the book online. Maybe I am doing something wrong?
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Hi Dave,
Yes they do – pp. 173 to 179 (Family Laridae: Gulls, Terns & Noddies).
Cheers,
Stephen
Sent: Friday, 25 January 2013 6:23 PM
Alas none of the pages in Google Books cover the gulls!
Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World
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