Download or read book A Revised Catalogue of the Birds of China and Its Islands written by Robert Swinhoe and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-08 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Revised Catalogue of the Birds of China and Its Islands: With Descriptions of New Species, References to Former Notes, and Occasional Remarks The adult male has all the wing-coverts grey right up to the scapulars the inner or short primaries are broadly bordered at their tips with whitish, rufous in the immature; the white on the under quills is 3 i inches short of their tips. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.