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"Hawaiian Islands, Max 2.4 ... ... May be discoloured reddish or greenish by algal growth. • Foreflippers proportionately very short and broad with small claws; hindflippers long and slim."
"In Israel, the 1980s and early 1990s were marked by a core of c.15 young , among them Y. Baser, A. Ber, A. Ben Dov, E. Dovrat, Y. Golan, O. Horin, R. Mizrachi, E. Shochat and myself. From a European perspective, activity mostly centred on the migration hotspot of in the south, to which thousands of birders flocked each spring. The Eilat International Birdwatching Centre was founded in 1984, but prior to that the above-mentioned observers made casual visits to Eilat, mainly between summer and winter, especially to study and to find s."
"This impressive book is an invaluable, fully illustrated, wildlife guide for tourists and scientists visiting the and . ... ... The individual species accounts are preceded by a general account of groups of related species, such as s, es,etc. Species identification is aided by beautiful colour plates (35 in total) by the wildlife artist Brett Jarrett, as well as accompanying colour photographs of high quality. The whole book is actually packed with excellent colour photographs (almost 600) of birds, s and landscapes. A distribution map is presented for most species."