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标题：The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. - book reviews
作者：John Weber, Jr.
期刊名称：Whole Earth: access to tools, ideas, and practices
印刷版ISSN：1097-5268
出版年度：1995
卷号：Winter 1995
出版社：Point Foundation

The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide. - book reviews

John Weber, Jr.

(A Natural History and Field Guide) James A. Scott. 1986; 583 pp. ISBN 0-8047-2013-4: $29.95 (33.95 postpaid). Stanford University Press, Stanford, CA 94305; 415/723-9434

Here's the second-best butterfly guide. Highlights: color photographs of 679 species; more than 1,800 illustrations (including the confusing skippers, which are like fall warblers for birders!); and broad-brush range maps. Drawbacks: the photos are of dead, spread specimens; the book's hefty size makes it impractical to take out in the field; and many of the "common names" coined by author James Scott are only rarely used, or used only by Scott.