Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 19:19:55 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Birds of China MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Les, Yes, MacKinnon is the book to get. I believe there are no other good alternatives. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Les Roslund To: Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 6:10 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Birds of China > The discussions of birds of Okinawa tapped the thinking of > readers who are familiar with books about SE Asian Birds. I would > like to also tap > that thinking - but for China. My wife and I will be visiting China > (from Beijing to Xian to Shanghai, including some time on the Yangtze > River) this > fall. Though the trip is certainly not emphasizing the birds, I would like > to be in position of knowing at least some of the birds that we may > see along the way. What homework books should I be getting? Field > Guide to Birds of China by John MacKinnon shows up on the internet. > Is that the right one to get first (even though it sounds huge)? And > what are some other alternatives? Thanks in advance for any > assistance. ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================