Title

• Wild life in China, or, Chats on Chinese birds and beasts

Creator

• Lanning, George, 1852-1920

Date

• 1911

Subject

• Mammals -- China
• Birds -- China

Tag

• Birds
• Mammals
• Beasts

Table Of Contents

• Contents
  Preface p.v
  Publishers' note p.vii
  Contents p.ix
  Introduction p.xiii
  I. The mysteries of migration (19th March) p.1
  II. Geese (26th March) p.5
  III. Duck (2nd April) p.9
  IV. Snipe (9th April) p.13
  V. Woodcock (16th April) p.17
  VI. Rooks and crows (23rd April) p.21
  VII. The crow's cousins (30th April) p.25
  VIII. Some Shanghai singing birds (7th May) p.29
  IX. Herons, egrets, and bitterns (14th May) p.33
  X. Cuckoos (21st May) p.37
  XI. Nests and nestlings (28th May) p.41
  XII. Flycatchers (4th June) p.46
  XIII. The kingfishers (11th June) p.50
  XIV. Orioles and rollers (18th June) p.54
  XV. The finches (25th June) p.58
  XVI. The Tit family (2nd July) p.62
  XVII. Woodpeckers (9th July) p.66
  XVIII. Pigeons, doves and sand-grouse (16th July) p.70
  XIX. Swallows, martins, swifts, and night-jars (23rd July) p.74
  XX. The shrikes (30th July) p.78
  XXI. Mynas, starlings, etc. (6th August) p.82
  XXII. Plovers (13th August) p.86
  XXIII. Plovers and sandpipers (20th August) p.90
  XXIV. Curlews, whimbrels (27th August) p.95
  XXV. Bustards, rails, etc. (3rd September) p.99
  XXVI. Quails (10th September) p.103
  XXVII. Partridges (17th September) p.107
  XXVIII. Pheasants (24th September) p.111
  XXIX. Pheasants. (Continued) (1st October) p.115
  XXX. Pheasants. (Concluded) (8th October) p.119
  XXXI. Gulls (15th October) p.123
  XXXII. Terns (22nd October) p.127
  XXXIII. Cormorants and pelicans (29th October) p.132
  XXXIV. The ibis and crane (5th November) p.137
  XXXV. Wagtails and buntings (12th November) p.141
  XXXVI. Autumn migrants (19th November) p.145
  XXXVII. Birds of prey: Vultures (26th November) p.149
  XXXVIII. Eagles (3rd December) p.153
  XXXIX. Eagles. (Continued) (10th December) p.157
  XL. Falcons: the peregrine (17th December) p.161
  XLI. Falcons: the saker, goshawk, hobby, merlin and kestrel (24th December) p.165
  XLII. Hawks and harriers (31st December) p.169
  XLIII. Buzzards and kites (7th January) p.173
  XLIV. Owls (14th January) p.177
  XLV. Owls. (Concluded) (21st January) p.181
  XLVI. Chinese field sports p.185
  XLVII. Chinese field sports. (Continued) p.189
  XLVIII. Chinese field sports. (Concluded) p.193
  XLIX. Tigers p.197
  L. Tigers. (Continued) p.201
  LI. Leopards and lynxes p.205
  LII. Wild cats p.209
  LIII. A very mixed menagerie p.213
  LIV. Some big game p.217
  LV. Reptiles p.222
  LVI. Fabulous creatures p.226
  LVII. Fabulous creatures. (Concluded) p.230
  Appendix, The big game of western China p.237

Publisher

• National Review Office

Source

• This eBook is digitized by Pao Yue-Kong Library from the Special Collections

Resource Type

• Book

Format

• image/jpeg

Extent

• This eBook: 284 p.

• Source format: xvi, 255 p. ; 23 cm.

Language

• English

Rights

• In Copyright

Identifier

• Call No.: [CLR] QL307 .L36 1911

• Barcode: 0000803867605