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BOOK REVIEWS 
KEY TO 
NORTH AMERICAN 
WATERFOWL 
by Stephen R. Wylie and 
Stewart S. Furlong 
Illustrated by Jack R. Schroeder 
Livingston Publishing Co., 1972 
32 pp, $3.95 
This is not a traditional review — 
rather a brief description of the 
opener of a new series of nature 
field guides by Livingston, a spec- 
ialized publishing house in Wynne- 
wood, Pa. All will be called “Dura- 
Books” since all will be printed 
on an extruded polyolefin (an 
opaque plastic), making them 
waterproof and washable for use 
in field conditions. The handy page 
size is 54% x 8%. 
Thisminaugural book, {Key ito 
North American Waterfowl,” con- 
tains 48 original paintings illustrat- 
ing the species (drake and hen 
both shown), plus two black-and- 
white sketches of each which show 
the birds’ take-off and flight pat- 
terns. 
The text includes descriptions 
of size, weight, conspicious mark- 
ings, flight patterns, food and habi- 
tat preferences in non-technical 
terms. Also displayed are the four 
major flyways, with symbols indi- 
cating frequency of species, and 
special notes about endangered 
species. 
ONLY ONE EARTH: The Care 
And Maintenance of 
A Small Planet 
by Barbara Ward and Rene Dubos 
W. W. Norton and Co., 1972 
225 Ppp., $6.00 
Described as an unofficial report 
of the United Nations Conference 
on the Human Environment, this 
work was commissioned by the 
Secretary-General of the United 
Nations in time for the Stockholm 
Conference in June of 1972. The 
book is scheduled to appear in 
several languages and in at least 
a dozen editions. And, well it 
might, for the message it contains 
is indeed global in aspect and ur- 
gent in content. 
One wishes that the so-called 
“leaders” of the world’s nations 
and the industrialists who misguide 
our destinies, would pay some heed 
to the warnings so ably given by 
Miss Ward and Dr. Dubos. I had 
the pleasure of sharing the plat- 
form with Dr. Dubos at Northern 
Illinois University when both of 
us gave talks on Earth Day, 1970. 
The authors had the assistance of 
152 correspondents from 58 nations 
in the preparation of the manu- 
script. They are all named in the 
book, though this does not neces- 
sarily indicate an agreement with 
the conclusions of the authors. 
Some are lawyers, scientists and 
architects. Others are industrial- 
ists, bankers and economists. 
Though there was general agree- 
ment among committee members 
that the pollution of the Earth is 
world-wide, there was no general 
consensus as to the proper ap- 
proach to solve the manifold prob- 
lems. Others would place a speci- 
