FIFTY COMW)N BIRDS OF CHINA. 



BY 



C. R. KELLOGG, H. W. HUBBARD AND 



LEE HSIANG YUAN (^ ^ 7c). 



WITH NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS 



BY 



G. D. WILDER. 



PREFACE. 



This little book on birds is the outcome of a demand for a handbook 



of common Chinese birds to be used in Boy's Clubs, Nature Study Groups, 



and those interested in birdj study but who are bewildered by the 



number of unfamiliar birds they meet in China. Even those who are 



familiar with American and European birds find themselves at a loss 



when they come to study the birds of this country, and it is hoped that 



this booklet will aid in the identification of some Chinese birds and help 



to create an interest in their study. 



As first prepared brief descriptions were given of thirty common 

 Fukien birds, with a color key for their identification, but the manuscript 

 was later sent to Mr. H. W. Hubbard, of Paoting, (^ ^) Hopei Province, 

 who added the descriptions of twenty common birds of North China and 

 sent the material to Dr. G. D. Wilder for suggestions. The drawings 

 and color key prepared by Mr. Hubbard, and the notes and corrections 

 by both these enthusiastic and qualified bird students will serve to enlarge 

 and greatly increase the usefulness of the work. 



The descriptions of the North China birds are taken from H. E. 

 Dresser's Manual of Palaearctic Birds, while those of South China birds 

 were taken from specimens in the Fukien Christian University, after com- 

 parison with the descriptions in Moffett and Gee's Birds of the Ltnver 



