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