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Hi Everyone, This is a follow up to Michel's message. I just got the following message about a new website to order the book. It directs you to order by phone (800-840-3029). The person who took my order said he was mailing many copies to VT this week. Pat Folsom To oder the book you must go on http://www.multim.com/ It's the new link to order the book. If you have any problem to access this web site you can contact me at the phone number mentionne below. I hope that this information will help you Nathalie Lapierre for José Banos Conseiller en communication / Communication Advisor Informathèque d'Environnement Canada, région du Québec / Inquiry Centre, Environment Canada, Quebec region 1141, route de l'Église, 6e étage Sainte-Foy (Québec) G1V 4H5 Tél. 1 : 800-463-4311 Tél. 2 : 418-648-3492 Télec. / Fax : 418-648-3859 [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michel Bertrand" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 > [log in to unmask] >