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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MKinHK" data-source="post: 1449215" data-attributes="member: 21760">In addition to the issues mentioned above the book is full of errors - wrong races illustrated, references to wrong species cited in the text, a mixed bag of illustrations. . .One reviewer commented it was so poor that one should blame the publisher rather than the authors beause of the fundamental nature of the errors.I have been birding in China for the last 20 years and never taken it with me because of its poor quality. I always use a selection of guides from neighbouring countries.To be fair it is also the most important guide of this decade as this is the first guide of even this very average quality to illustrate every species in China - and will be the first first book this first generation of Chinese birders use.  It may not stand p to even the first Peterson in terms of quality, but in terms of significance its impact will be huge.</blockquote>