A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela by Steven Hilty with illustrations by John Gwynne and Guy Tudor, Princeton University Press, £37.95/$55, ISBN 0691092508 Reviewed by Adrian Barnett
“A DROLL little bird that seems to be all bill and legs and wriggling cocked-up tail,” says Steven Hilty of the long-billed gnatwren. Clearly, he is no mere fondler of stuffed museum specimens. Live birds in their own habitat are his passion.
The new A Guide to the Birds of Venezuela is much more than a second edition. It is a complete overhaul of a venerable and much-loved field guide. It supplants…
