Book Description
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.
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.
