Author: Ali, Salim and Ripley, S. Dillon; illustrations by John Henry Dick
Title: A pictorial guide to the birds of the Indian Subcontinent
Description: Bombay Natural History Society; Oxford University Press, Bombay (now Mumbai), 1995.2nd edition.Hard covers, dust jacket.ISBN: 0195637321.V.g./V.g.A modern field guide, with Peterson-style illustrations, covering the whole of the known Indian avifauna.Fairly detailed family descriptions in a taxonomic synopsis, followed by plates with very terse summaries of salient characters such as size, habitat and distribution.Coloured map of Indian provinces on front end papers.The majority of the 106 plates are in colour; most have an unusual pastel-shaded background characteristic of the artist's work.(2), 177 pp.In English.1 kg.

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