Wrong information should have been spotted.
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Although the book has interesting photos and some mildly interesting anecdotes, I found any information discredited by the fact that a full page photo of a Quaker parrot was mislabeled as a gray cheek parakeet. Although these birds have similar colors, the size is vastly different. Doesn't anyone proofread anymore?
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Nice Pictures, Nice Layout, Bad Writing.
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Arthur Freud paid a desktop publisher a lot of money to make his book visually appealing. However, she should have paid the same desktop publisher to write his book for him because the paragraphs and structure of the book are vague and unclear. "Neville Cayley (What Bird Is That?--A Guide to the Birds of Australia, 1972 ed.) notes that in the wild these parrots favor rain forests, where they feed on nuts, seeds, and fruits, usually nesting in large tree hollows at heights of up to seventy feet. Males have an interesting call, which sounds to Cayley like a casually uttered "Quork!" while females generally emit a piercing whistle." In the same paragraph, the topic starts with environment and ends with the Eclectus' calls. The previous paragraph talked about emotional needs and feather plucking and the preceeding paragraph talked about late 19th century / early 20th century breeding records. This book is very confusing to read because there doesn't seem to be any structure. Frued, in the "Parrot Family" section breaks down the book by species, but that's the end of the organization. In order to find out peculiar behavior patterns, nutrional needs and cage requirements, the reader must wade through every single sentence before a relevant piece of information appears. Chances are, that piece of information is not his, but rather one of 101 sources (I counted the bibliograpy entries) that give their opinion on the subject. This book reads like a ninth-grade research paper. If you don't have the time to wade through garbage, then this book is definitely not for you. If you do have the time to sit down and read it, then I recommend any of the other 101 books and periodicals Frued sites in this book.
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Nice Pictures, Nice Layout, Bad Writing.
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Arthur Freud paid a desktop publisher a lot of money to make his book visually appealing. However, she should have paid the same desktop publisher to write his book for him because the paragraphs and structure of the book are vague and unclear. "Neville Cayley (What Bird Is That?--A Guide to the Birds of Australia, 1972 ed.) notes that in the wild these parrots favor rain forests, where they feed on nuts, seeds, and fruits, usually nesting in large tree hollows at heights of up to seventy feet. Males have an interesting call, which sounds to Cayley like a casually uttered "Quork!" while females generally emit a piercing whistle." In the same paragraph, the topic starts with environment and ends with the Eclectus' calls. The previous paragraph talked about emotional needs and feather plucking and the preceeding paragraph talked about late 19th century / early 20th century breeding records. This book is very confusing to read because there doesn't seem to be any structure. Frued, in the "Parrot Family" section breaks down the book by species, but that's the end of the organization. In order to find out peculiar behavior patterns, nutrional needs and cage requirements, the reader must wade through every single sentence before a relevant piece of information appears. Chances are, that piece of information is not his, but rather one of 101 sources (I counted the bibliograpy entries) that give their opinion on the subject. This book reads like a ninth-grade research paper. If you don't have the time to wade through garbage, then this book is definitely not for you. If you do have the time to sit down and read it, then I recommend any of the other 101 books and periodicals Frued sites in this book.
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