ooops!! typo alert… that should have said …”but all OF MY books get well used…” not more!! & next line again, it should have said …”but hey I don’t MIND because the pages within MINE are in pristine condition…” I apologise for my tardiness… xmas cheers from martin!! > From: mcachard@hotmail.com > To: pveerman@pcug.org.au; birding-aus@birding-aus.org > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:56:52 +1100 > Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Guide to HANZAB volumes > > hi Philip, > merry Christmas to you… > > I would do what Tony (…Russell I presume??) has suggested – I get stuck at times myself too, especially with the honeyeaters being placed more forward than i’m used to, which throws me off with the groups afterwards… > of course I know which volume the honeyeaters are in due to the spine illustration! > > so why not just do a quick mock-up of family groups by hand to stick on your shelf under each respective volume?? > of course that wouldn’t work for me as I lay them down on top of one another!!! but all more books get well used with much wear & tear on the outside, but hey I don’t because the pages within are in pristine condition… > that’s quite an achievement living beachfront in the Wet Tropics!! > cheers, > > martin cachard, > cairns > > > > > From: pveerman@pcug.org.au > > To: birding-aus@birding-aus.org > > Date: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 15:12:02 +1100 > > Subject: [Birding-Aus] Guide to HANZAB volumes > > > > Thanks to all those who have sent the species index to HANZAB. Sure that is > > useful to find a species. The books have a species list. I know that. > > However before I get more of the same, that is not at all what I was asking > > about. I was asking for an easily accessible one page list of which main > > bird groups are in which volume, so that I know which book to take off the > > shelf. E.g. something that quickly tells me that Rails are in Volume 2, as I > > do not always intrinsically know that they are not in part 1 or 2 of Volume > > 1. Then I can flip through the book or (rarely) use the index. Tony > > understood with his “what you need to do is to go through each volume in > > turn and make a list of the bird groups in each. Type up the list, break it > > into sections per volume and stick a label on the shelf front below each > > volume.” > > > > I could do it, it should only take me about an hour. I was just wondering if > > someone else had already done this. If I get around to it I’ll send it out. > > > > Philip > > > > —–Original Message—– > > From: Tony Russell [mailto:pratincole08@gmail.com] > > Sent: Friday, 26 December 2014 12:20 PM > > To: ‘Philip Veerman’ > > > > I often refer to HANZAB but frequently take the wrong one of the shelf > > first. With the plastic covers they stick together and eventually that > > creates excess use. Yes I know bird groups well but tend to forget the > > sequence (which is after all largely arbitrary in terms of arranging orders > > and some families mainly within the Passeriformes) in a linear sequence. The > > spine says bird groups X to Y as end points but those in between those X & Y > > groups can be hard to recall. I haven’t found in HANZAB and wonder if > > someone has done a one page list of the main groups (e.g. families) as > > listed in each volume, that I can copy and tape on my bookshelf? > > > > Philip > > > > > >
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