The Pictorial Handbook of Chinese Birds

中国鹭类
Language:Chinese with English summary
Author:Cheng Tsohsin and Liu Jingxian
Publication date:1987   Size:295x240mm
Number of Pages:196 pages
Binding:Hardcover

    The Pictorial Handbook of Chinese Birds is the first of its kind published in China. There are 1186 species of birds heretofore recorded from China, out of which we select 130 species, including endemic, endangered, and beneficial species as well as fair game. Each species is illustrated with at least a color photo or painting and is also appended with brief notes of description and a distributional map.

The Handbook may serve for use as reference by teachers and students in zoology, persons engaged in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, foreign trade, arts and crafts as well as amateurs.
This handbook deals with endemic and endangered species, beneficial birds as well as fair game. Each species is illustrated with at least a color photo or painting, and is also appended with brief notes of description and a distributional map. Comrade Liu Jingxian is mainly responsible for the color photos and paintings. In making Paintings, he endeavours to apply the technique of the Chinese classical paintings to scientific drawings, so as to render the paintings of birds more vivid and lively.

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