Indeed, a list of the ten most-expensive books would include five copies of "the Birds of America".

实际上，10本最昂贵的书中，有5本属于《美洲鸟类图谱》系列。

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On TUESDAY December 7th a complete volume of John James Audubon's "The Birds of America" fetched a record price at auction.

12月7日，周二，约翰·詹姆斯•奥杜邦的《美洲鸟类图谱》全集在拍卖会上创下了拍卖记录。

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The data came from studies of birds, mammals, reptiles, insects, spiders and plants in Europe, North America, Chile, Malaysia, and South Africa's Marion Island.

研究的数据来自对于分布在欧洲、北美、智利、马来西亚和南非马里恩岛的鸟类、哺乳动物、爬行动物、昆虫、蜘蛛、以及植物。

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At the hearings, one of the subjects discussed was the increase in populations of large birds in North America that could threaten other planes.

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One of the birds they can see is America's national symbol, the bald eagle.

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Such is the interest in The Birds of America it will be held in a special glass case and the pages turned just once a week.

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The popularity of the pastime is reflected in the smash success of two comprehensive new field guides published this fall, The Sibley Guide to Birds and Birds of North America (see sidebar).

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Still, there's reason to think many of these will arrive soon enough: in the weeks we spent working on this review, Netflix, The New York Times, Skype, Hulu Plus, Fruit Ninja, Angry Birds, Zinio and Bank of America all went live in the store.

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