'...Diana Wells hatches a treat for both active birders and armchair enthusiasts. We meet the fearless adventurers and colorful characters--Carl Linnaeus, Alexander Wilson, John Audubon--who found and named new species. We learn of the gods and goddesses who, for punishment or pleasure, turned many a mortal into a bird--and lent their names to some of our favorite species. We explore the avian symbols used by our greatest writers--Coleridge's albatross, Poe's raven, Whitman's thrush.'