A guide to the birds of Venezuela.

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1978.
Octavo, 424 pp. colour plates, rear endpaper map, fine paperback copy.

More than forty percent of the bird species known to inhabit South America have been found in Venezuela. Nearly 1,300 species are described and 900 species are illustrated. Text and plates have been designed for rapid identification in the field while providing at the same time detailed information indispensable for the scientist and serious observer.