Birds: The Art of Ornithology By Jonathan Elphick
336 pages. Rizzoli.
A petite treat for armchair nature buffs: Birds: The Art of Ornithology (Rizzoli), a fine-feathered trove of engravings, lithographs, and watercolors plucked from London's Natural History Museum. The text will make you smarter, but the illustrations will make you soar.
Printed from Oprah.com on Wednesday, June 19, 2013