MOMENTS OF DISCOVERY. NATURAL HISTORY NARRATIVES FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. Edited by Kevin Winker. University Press of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. 2010: 384 pages, 50 black and white illustrations. ISBN: 978-0-8130-3417-1. $ 75.00 (hardcover).—This book, edited by Kevin Winker and authored by some of the most outstanding and prolific ornithologists and mam-malogists of the 20th century in the northern Neotropics, covers a set of memories, experiences, and points of views of field work in Central America. It also contains what might be the last writings of some charismatic explorers including Miguel Alvarez del Toro, the Coffeys (Ben and Lula), Charles Sibley, John Emlen, and Dwain Warner. Twenty contributions that narrate field adventures that roughly cover from the late 1930s to the 1990s are presented almost unedited. Most of the chapters refer to field collecting experiences in Mexico, understandable in terms of closeness and access for USA-based researchers during the 20th century. However, a handful depicts experiences in Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, and El Salvador.
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机译：发现的时刻。来自墨西哥和中美洲的自然历史故事。凯文·温克（Kevin Winker）编辑。佛罗里达大学出版社，美国佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔。 2010年：384页，有50张黑白插图。书号：978-0-8130-3417-1。 $ 75.00（精装本）。——这本书由凯文·温克（Kevin Winker）编辑，由20世纪北部新热带地区最杰出和最多产的鸟类学家和哺乳动物学家撰写，涵盖了一系列的回忆，经验和观点中美洲的实地调查。它还包含一些有魅力的探险家的最后著作，包括Miguel Alvarez del Toro，科菲夫妇（本和卢拉），查尔斯·西布利，约翰·艾姆伦和德温·华纳。收录了20篇讲述1930年代后期至1990年代大致涉及的野外探险的论文，几乎没有经过编辑。大多数章节都提到了墨西哥的野外采集经验，这对于20世纪美国研究人员的亲密性和可及性而言是可以理解的。但是，很少有描述伯利兹，危地马拉，哥斯达黎加，巴拿马和萨尔瓦多的经历。
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