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BIRDS

THE TAXONOMIC TANGO

Seven hundred and twenty two illustrations stared back at me – one for each of the bird species that occurs in South Africa. Having drawn them all, I printed tiny versions, cut them out and spread them on the carpet in my office. Now I faced the formidable task of deciding on the order of my new field guide: I could list the birds alphabetically, group them by

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