A complete checklist organized by status category. Each species account includes English vernacular, Chinese, and Latin names, zoogeographic status, range and status, frequency of occurrence, and cross references. The systematic ofder follows the List of Recent Holarctic Bird Species by K.H. Voous, and Oriental species have been inserted generally in accordance with Peters' Checklist of Birds of the World. Illustrated with black & white drawings. Complete bibliography and index. Fourth Edition