This Princeton Illustrated Checklist, the first of two planned books, covers the passerine birds of the Paleoarctic -- a huge area covering Europe, Asia north of the Himalayas, and Africa north of the Sahara, spanning all of the Russian Arctic, China, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and the Middle East. With 80 color plates and 706 maps.  (EUR276, $29.95)