London: Christopher Helm/A & C Black, 2010. Octavo, colour illustrationsand photographs, owner's sticker, fine copy in dustwrapper.

This remarkable book covers the identification of 112 species of Reed and Bush warblers (families Lucustellidae and Acrocephalidae) in astonishing detail with an emphasis on identification down to the subspecies level and the separation of similar species. All aspects of life history, morphology and taxonomy are discussed. The colour plates by Brian Small are of a high standard and the book is liberally illustrated with text illustrations, sonograms and excellent colour photographs.