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     J20 A10 A17 A22 S4 S7 530 012 019 026 N2 N10 N15 
     
     Semipalmated Plover — - - 105 78 8 l — — - — v _ - 
     
     Golden Plover — - — - V2 2 79 - - _ - - _ 
     
     Black-bellied Plover - 4O 3O 19 20 16 - 62 55 102 11 4 - 
     
     Ruddy Turnstone‘ — — -3 1 -y 2 i _ ' _ _ _ _ - 
     
     Whimbrel- p ' - ‘ '- 1 — _ J _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ 
     
     Greater Yellowlegs . 9 ,1 1 4 4 - — - — _ _ _ 
     
     Lesser Yellowlegs , - 1 — — — - - _V _ - - _ _ 
     
     Red Knot ' 'e - 2 — - - - — — _ _ - _ 
     
     Pectoral Sandpiper ‘— -. 1 — _ 5 1 -_ - - _ _ _ 
     
     White—rumped Sandpiper — - — ~ - 3 — 24 43 5 _ - - 
     
     Least Sandpiper 1. — 6 9 5 8 1 - _ - __ _ _ 
     
     Dunlin . . — — « -' -‘ - - 84 96 104 93 36 45 L 
     
     Dowitcher . 10 25 '15 5 5 6 - - —' — - _ _ 
     
     Semipalmated Sandpiper 9 120 3 34 208 8 6 - - - - — - 
     
     Hudsonian Godwit — 6 - 5 — - — - — _v _ - - 
     
     Sanderling ’ V - ~ - a — - 7 3 7 1 4 7 1 _ _ 
     
    
   
   
    
         
     
    
   
   
    
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     BIRDS IN JEOPARDY by Paul Ehrlich and barryl Wheye 
     
     7 - Stanford University. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Birds in Jeopardy provides an overview of the extent of declines as well. 
     
     as the Current conditions (so far as they are understood) of each bird that is 
     
     either federally protected or recognized by the National Audubon Society to be 
     
     undergoing non-cyclic declines. . - ' 
     
    

    
     Roger Tory Peterson stated that "This important book should be read by 
     
     every nature-oriented citizen. The texts are crammed with information, and the 
     
     birds come alive in Darryl Wheye's portraits. The ingeniously organized book 
     
     is not just another essay on the plight of the environment. To document the 
     
     declining numbers and their causes, the authors have sifted through innumerable 
     
     and often conflicting reports of biologiSts, federal agencies, and vested .._ 
     
     interests. Although only a handful of North American birds have become extinct 
     
     within our time, well over 150 others are in trouble, either endangered or 
     
     vulnerable.. In most cases the root cauSes are there for us to see, and 
     
     wherever birds are in trouble, so is the land on which they and innumerable 
     
     other living things depend. This evocative presentation'alerts us to events we 
     
     must deal with." ‘ . ' a I ' I 
     
    

    
     This book by Paul Ehrlick, David Dobkin, and Darryl Wheye is 227 pages 
     
     with 191 colour halftones and 1 map. It is available in paperback (ISBN 
     
     '0-8047-1981-0) or cloth (ISBN 0-8047-1967-5). This publication should be 
     
     available through better bookstores or the Canadian Nature Federation 
     
     Bookstore. They can also be ordered directly with a charge card from Stanford 
     
     University Press at 415—723-1593 or Fax at 415-72S—3457. The prices are 
     
    
   
   
    
     $17.95 U.S or $45 U.S. respectively + $2 for shipping and handling. 
     
    
   
   
    
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