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create one that was accessible to beginners. To this end, he organised the birds by habitat, which made them easy to find and identify, and included concise information on bird distribution, behaviour and breeding. The book became a classic, has been reprinted and repackaged in many formats, and remains in print to this day.
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time of his death, despite the illustrations being all but finished. In 1984, noted ornithologist
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As well as an author and artist, Cayley was a prominent ornithologist. A Fellow of the
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