Hi Michel,
Thanks for responding.  I just tried again, no luck.  The other thing I did
was type the name of the book in the Google search engine, got to the site
qc.ec.gc.ca/faune/faune/html/bird_atlas.html.  That's where I tried to click
on purchase this book and got the message "page not found."  Thanks for the
phone number.  I'll try that tomorrow.  You might want to post that to VT
Bird in case someone else gets to the point I did, or I will do that if you
want me too.

Happy birding and thanks,
Pat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michel Bertrand" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 4:09 PM
Subject: [VTBIRD] The most comprehensive atlas at a discount price
(non-profit)


> Hi,
>
> The "Atlas of the Breeding Birds of Southern Québec" is a monumental book
> which has been published in French in 1995 and in English in 1996. That's
> an essential source of information about the Québec avifauna and related
> subjects. One of the most comprehensive bird atlases in the World, the
> 1302
> pages book includes, aside the species by species very complete treatment,
> other detailed chapters about the ornithological history, the concerned
> area (physiography, hydrography, climate, glaciations, subregions, soils,
> vegetation, wet habitats), the effects of Man presence on the environment,
> its natural modifications, the preservation of the environment, the
> methodology, the bird taxonomy, the bird diversity according to habitats
> and some other subjects. And the atlas includes maps for each species,
> graphs, tables plus more than 1400 photos and some 5000 references. The
> book has been edited by Jean Gauthier & Yves Aubry, but is in fact the
> collective work of the Québec ornithological community (including
> ornithologists and birders) which has provided the contents. The datas are
> coming from near to 1000 contributors and have been taken to the published
> form by almost 130 writers. The French edition is now out of print. Copies
> of the English edition are remaining and must be sold quickly because it
> is
> expensive for the AQGO (the Association québécoise des groupes
> d'ornithologues), a non-profit organization, to keep them in a warehouse.
> That's why, we are offering them at the third of the original price what
> means 50$can (60,99$can with GST and shipping) instead of 150$ (167,94$
> all
> included).
>
> If you are interested, go to http://www.aqgo.qc.ca/ and click on the link
> in English (the second one on the page) to obtain all the details about
> how
> to order the atlas.
>
> There will not be a updated edition before many years. The essential work
> which would lead to it is still not planned.
>
> I think I can post that message here because it is more an information
> which can be of interest for birders than a business message and because
> all the profits, going in a special funds managed by AQGO, will be used to
> sustain projects relevant to bird protection.
>
> Good birding...
>
>
>     MICHEL BERTRAND, président
>     Association québécoise des groupes d'ornithologues
>     4545, Pierre-de-Coubertin [c.p. 1000, succ. M]
>     Montréal, Qc - H1V 3R2
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