Sidebilder
PDF
ePub

Imperial 16mo., cloth, 580 pages, 6s. net.

A NATURAL HISTORY OF

Rs. 4.8.

THE MAMMALIA OF INDIA,

BURMAH AND CEYLON.

By R. A. STERNDALE, F.R.G.S., F.Z.S.

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small]

Fourth Edition. Super royal 8vo., cloth gilt, 338 pages, 145. net.

Rs. 12.4.

GAME, SHORE, AND WATER BIRDS

OF INDIA.

WITH ADDITIONAL REFERENCES TO THEIR ALLIED
SPECIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

By Colonel A. LE MESSURIER, C.I.E., F.Z.S., F.G.S.
(late Royal Engineers), Author of

"Kandahar in 1879," "From London to Bokhara and a Ride through Persia."

[graphic][ocr errors]

With 180 natural size Illustrations from actual specimens.

A Vade Mecum for the Sportsman, embracing all the Birds at all likely to be met with in a Shooting Excursion.

Nature.

"Colonel Le Messurier writes as a field naturalist for field naturalists and sportsmen without any great pretensions to scientific knowledge, but there is no doubt that all naturalists will gain useful hints from this little volume, which is profusely illustrated with woodcuts giving the characteristic features of most of the species."

Knowledge." Compact in form, excellent in method and arrangement, and as far as we have been able to test it, rigidly accurate in details, Colonel Le Messurier's book should become the vade mecum of every sportsman and naturalist whom duty or pleasure may compel to visit India."

Madras Times.-" Neatly and handily bound, well printed and clearly illustrated, the book undoubtedly fills a void in the literature of the day. The work is well arranged, and will probably fully answer the requirements of even a veteran sportsman."

[blocks in formation]

BEING A REPRINT OF ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED
TO THE JOURNAL OF THE BOMBAY NATURAL
HISTORY SOCIETY ON THIS ATTRACTIVE GROUP
OF BIRDS.

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small]

With Illustrations by HERBERT GOODCHILD.

Field.-"There is a good deal of bird life to be observed in and around Calcutta, to which Mr. Finn's little book will serve as a useful guide, especially as it has some good illustrations by Mr. Herbert Goodchild."

[merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small]

Crown 8vo., boards, 3s. 6d. net. Rs. 2.8.

THE WATERFOWL OF INDIA

[merged small][graphic][merged small][merged small][merged small]

To be followed by THE GAME BIRDS OF INDIA AND ASIA. By the same Author.

Small 4to., paper boards, 5s. net. Rs. 3.8.

GARDEN AND AVIARY BIRDS OF

INDIA.

A HANDBOOK FOR FIELD NATURALISTS AND
BIRD FANCIERS.

With Illustrations drawn from Life.

By FRANK FINN, B.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U.

Giving a complete description of ONE HUNDRED birds, with seven plates of thirty-one different species.

[graphic]

Pioneer.-"This pleasant little book will serve as an introduction to Indian Ornithology, and as a very useful guide to those whose hobby is bird-keeping." Indian Field." No one who keeps an aviary in India can afford to be without Mr. Finn's little manual."

« ForrigeFortsett »