Finches and Sparrows

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Christopher Helm, Jan 1, 1993 - Nature - 500 pages
This is a comprehensive guide to 'true' finches and sparrows, 290 species in all. Colour plates illustrate all the species, many races and most sex and age variations. Distribution maps show breeding and wintering ranges.

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About the author (1993)

Peter Clement is a professional ornithologist who, until taking early retirement in 2010, worked for Natural England the UK Government's scientific advisory body mainly on the protection and designation of sites of national and international importance for their wildlife. Originally from Sussex, where he retains a great love of the South Downs, he now lives in East Anglia and enjoys the wild expanse of The Wash and the marshes of north Norfolk.

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