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Tawny Frogmouth.

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TAWNY FROGMOUTH. By Gisela Kaplan. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 2007: 155 pages, 68 figures, illustrations, and photographs. ISBN: 978-064309-239-6. A$35.95 (paper). BOWER-BIRDS. By Peter Rowland. CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia. 2007: 136 pages, 61 figures and photographs. ISBN: 978-0-64309-420-8. A$35.00 (paper).--The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) is an Australian government agency that conducts both basic and applied research in everything from astrophysics to biology to human health and well being. CSIRO also has a publishing branch, which currently publishes 20 different journals among them Emu and Australian Journal of Zoology. CSIRO Publishing also publishes series of books, and they have recently launched a new series, the Australian Natural History Series. There are currently 30 titles in this series, Tawny Frogmouth and Bowerbirds among them. Some of the other books in this series dealing with birds include Australian Magpie, Kookaburra, Albatrosses, and Mound-builders. Based on Tawny Frogmouth and Bowerbirds, the books are medium-sized, paperback books but with glossy pages and quite attractive in their production. The targeted audience of the books in this series is, according to CSIRO, "upper secondary [high...

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