Birds in China [Paperback]

Xu Weishu (Author), Liu Bingwen (Author), Wang Binyang (Author), Zhou Lifang (Illustrator)

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Publication Date: January 1989

A great variety of birds can be found in China, many of them rare species and some found only in certain districts of China. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China several nature reserves for the protection of rare birds have been established, saving many precious species from extinction.

The author, Xu Weishu, is a member of the executive council of the Chinese Society of Ornithology and its deputy secretary-general. His vivid and interesting account of the variety, distribution and habits of China's birds is complemented by nearly a hundred colour photographs. The book will prove rewarding for the general reader as well as bird specialists.

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About the Author

A 1951 graduate of Peking University, Xu Weishu is now deputy research fellow and director of the zoological research office of the Beijing Museum of Natural History, a member of the standing committee of the Chinese Society of Zoology, deputy director of the Science Popularization Committee, a member of the executive council of the Chinese Society of Ornithology and its deputy secretarygeneral. He was elected a corresponding member of the British Society of Ornithology in 1982.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Foreign Languages Press (January 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 7119000691
• ISBN-13: 978-7119000695
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,875,710 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Birds in China lacks substance, September 30, 2007

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I had hoped to find a simplified guide (sort of like the U.S. Golden Guides) which would enable me to identify the most common birds I would see on my recent trip to China. I am a fairly good birder in the US, but knew that I would not have the chance to do more than spot really common species in China. This book is watered-down ornithology and of no use as a field guide. The pictures are of poor quality. The "check list of the birds of China" is useless, as it does not identify individual species, rather it simply gives the number of species in families.
The only other guide I could find is very expensive and heavy -- unsuitable for a traveler. I have not been able to locate what I wanted.