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The order in which families and species are presented immediately raises the question of classification -or, more correctly, that of 'standard sequence'. The birds covered in Volume 2 are the Falconiformes and Galliformes (both popular groups in aviculture). The more I look at the Handbook, the more I am impressed by the quality of the planning that must have gone into this project: every detail has obviously been carefully thought through in advance, and if those responsible made any wrong decisions, I have yet to find one. Weight for weight, these books are cheaper than most! Moreover, the typefaces used are fairly small -though perfectly clear- so, as well as the superb illustrations, those 638 pages hold more text than you might expect.
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For those who have not yet seen either of them, and who find the price alarming, it is worth pointing out that these volumes are not merely crammed with information and beautiful to look at, but also very big -about 250 mm by 320 mm, and weighting over 3 1/2 kg- so you get a lot of book for your money. If the remaining ten volumes keep up the standard of the first two -and all the omens suggest that they will- the Handbook will end up as not merely the best bird book yet published, but the best that is ever likely to be published. Anyone who has seen Volume 1 will know that this is praise enough. All that a reviewer really needs to say about Volume 2 of the Handbook of the Birds of the World is that it is as good as Volume 1.