cheap books on Natural History

Alright, I see where it is on the map I have too, there is an unlabelled wooded exhibit hidden there (where the Emus are now).

The agouti enclosure is also unlabelled, and there are no sign of agouti, otters or water buffalo anywhere. The lemur islands have lemurs, with the patas monkeys where the Siamangs are now.
 
the agouti was early days, before I ever visited. When I started visiting there were otters in that round pen (I never saw them either though, because they were always asleep inside their house, probably because they had such a crappy little pen to live in!). The otters and buffalo left the zoo (either intentionally or through death, I'm not sure) in the mid to late 80s I guess. They didn't make a return for a long time, in both cases to the locations where they are currently kept. I think the otters were back in the mid-90s (maybe 1996 or so), the buffalo some time later but I can't remember when.

The patas looked great on the now-siamang island, better than they did on the now-lemur island. I remember when the lions first moved in to the enclosure on the hill (where the hunting dogs are now) and the patas all shot up to the tops of their trees and started making alarm calls.
 
Chlidonias said:
the wolves were between the farmyard and where the entrance is now, where there is now a playground (flying fox, see-saws, etc) backed by pine trees (the trees were in the wolf enclosure). Back then the entrance of course was at the other end of the park. Going away from the current entrance you had a water buffalo paddock past the wolves, a small round otter pen (originally for agouti), then the spider monkey island (still with spider monkeys now). The ruffed lemur island had patas monkeys. Where the tigers are now were paddocks for sitatunga etc. The original giraffe enclosure was over that side too.

EDIT: or maybe I'm wrong! These two old maps show the wolf enclosure to the side of the lake where the monkey islands were/are:
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I could have sworn it was further towards the current entrance. Perhaps it moved later....?
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thinking about this I realise that the flying fox has been in its current position since I was at school, so the wolf wood was not there after all and must have always been to the side of the lake. Memory's a funny thing.
 
If you look on Abe Books (link below) you’ll see that there are copies of "The Evolution of Artiodactyls" for sale at less than £50; whilst nowhere near as cheap as some of the other books on this thread it is still considerably cheaper than the original selling price.

The Evolution of Artiodactyls Format: Hardcover: John Hopkins University Press 9780801887352 - Indoo

Chlidonias said:
not a cheap book but certainly bound to be a very interesting one: The Dodo and the Solitaire: A Natural History - 0253000998 9780253000996: NHBS: Jolyon C Parish
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Thanks for drawing this publication to my attention; I’m tempted to treat myself to this dodo book at Christmas.
 
Two weeks ago I've received two books: "Walker's Carnivores of the World" (2005) and "Walker's Marine Mammals of the World" (2003) from PostScript (Books on Sale Clearance Titles - Postscript Books by Mail - New & Remainder Books - Book Remainders - Subject Listing. Chlidonias, thanks again for link!). I've read articles on species, and as for me these books (and the price too) are very good. Finally :) I decided to read foreword and introduction of second book. While reading list of species I was very surprised by this:

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crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga
leopard seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii
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(Highlighted by me)
My first thought was by the some reason Weddell seal is called leopard seal in English :). I noticed then that Weddell seal is absent in this list while I've read article about this species. So this part of list should be as follows obviously:

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crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophaga
leopard seal, Hydrurga leptonyx
Weddell seal, Leptonychotes weddellii
Ross seal, Ommatophoca rossii
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As for me this mistake is not fatal, but still serious. I met such mistakes only two or three times in the "science" books. Am I unlucky or is it normally? I repeat: books are very good anyway.
 
Chlidonias said:
there seem to be various new books now added to the cheap department of PostScript Books (the original purpose for this thread).
Books on Natural History - Postscript Books by Mail - New & Remainder Books - Book Remainders - Featured Books
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one of which is "The Complete Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe" by Paul Sterry (Editor).

Is this a field guide or a sort of encyclopaedia, and if the former is it worth getting or are there better options? Its only £9.99 so seems like a good buy.

"Collins Field Guide to Birds of the Palearctic" by Norman Arlott is only £5.99 .....
 
Wow!What a hot tip,many of these i bought at full price-almost puts you off doing such a thing in future.I have to say [re childonias] that "Oceanic Anglerfishes is an unbelievable bargain and "Tucanos" is a superb book on the rhamphastidae...dont miss it!
 
Tim Brown said:
Wow!What a hot tip,many of these i bought at full price-almost puts you off doing such a thing in future.I have to say [re childonias] that "Oceanic Anglerfishes is an unbelievable bargain and "Tucanos" is a superb book on the rhamphastidae...dont miss it!
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I've bought both already (haven't opened the packages yet though; still have some other books to get through first!).

I would encourage anybody to check the site every few weeks because they regularly add new bargains. The only problem I have is that I then want to buy more!!
 
One of the books on that page which I particularly recommend, and have recommended at full price on this site before, is A Field Guide to Carnivores of the World by Hunter and Barrett. At full price it is essential for anyone seriously interested in carnivorans, but at the reduced price it is ideal for anyone I reckon.
 
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