The fascinating world of birdlife in Australasia is the subject of this magnificent new reference work. When completed, this lavishly illustrated five-volume set will cover all of the birds known to occur -- or to have recently become extinct -- within Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. Also, for the first time, the avifauna of the dependent islands of Cocos-Keeling, Christmas, Lord Howe, Norfolk, Macquarie and Heard Islands will be included,...