cheap books on Natural History

[Chlidonias]

The other book, "A Naturalist's Guide to the Primates of Southeast Asia, East Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent" is really good. Paperback, quite small, published 2017. The species accounts are quite short and basic. It is very splitty, but every species is illustrated with photos, most of which are excellent. Most of them are of wild animals but there are a few captives of the rarer species. The Shortridge's Langur illustrated in the book is the same individual I've seen at Yadanabon Zoo in Burma. My only criticism is simply that there is no information about where to see any of the species, other than covering their distributions. There is a very brief chapter on primate-watching but it is extremely general.

Just for fun, I went through this book and counted up how many of the species I have seen. There are 120 species in the book and, as noted, it is very splitty so I don't agree personally with the number they have (e.g. the Ebony Langur of Java is split into western and eastern species, Bornean Gibbon is split into three species, Bornean Slow Loris is split into four species, etc).

However, of those 120 I have seen about 76 species inclusive of both wild and captive animals. It's not an entirely precise number because of certain splits. Of those, 52 have been in the wild (two higher than on my actual life list, because of a couple of splits I don't follow).

 

[TheEthiopianWolf03]

Is there any field guides to Ethiopian mammals or birds?

 

[Chlidonias]

Is there any field guides to Ethiopian mammals or birds?

This one is for the birds: https://www.amazon.com/Birds-Horn-Africa-Ethiopia-Princeton/dp/0691172897

For mammals you need to get a general guide, such as https://www.amazon.com/Kingdon-Field-Guide-African-Mammals/dp/0691164533

I don't think there are any complete mammal books covering just Ethiopia.

 

[lintworm]

For anyone looking to buy or complete either the HMW or HBW, until the end of the month Lynx is offering some juicy discounts:
Special Campaigns – Lynx Edicions

 

[Chlidonias]

It has just been announced that Book Depository will be closing up shop at the end of this month. I thought there might be a big sale on their website but unfortunately no.


Instead here are a couple of links to other bargains for animal books:

Nature & Gardening | Categories | Clearance | Postscript Books (nothing of particular interest but very cheap, mostly just a few pounds - The Most Amazing Birds To See In Britain might be good at £2.99).

Book Clearance (not big savings, mostly in the region of a few to 10-ish pounds discount, but some really esoteric titles as well!). One of the biggest bargains there is Mamiferos Marinos de Patagonia y Antartida discounted from £110 to £27.50.