A Pictorial Guide to Birds of the Indian Subcontinent [Hardcover]

Salim Ali (Author), Sidney Dillon Ripley (Author), John Henry Dick (Illustrator)

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Hardcover: 183 pages
Publisher: OUP India; 2nd Revised edition edition (May 1996)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0195637321
ISBN-13: 978-0195637328
Product Dimensions: 24.8 x 18.8 x 2.8 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,560,703 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This comprehensive book depicts all bird species found on the Indian Subcontinent. The entries are arranged familywise on 106 colour plates which follow each other in systematic order and are thus easy to find. Beautifully illustrated by the American bird painter, John Henry Dick, the book provides concise information concerning status, size, habitat and distribution within subcontinental limits. The text has also been completely revised and updated with a great deal of new data.

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The only complete field guide for the birds of India. 13 Aug 1998

By Richard Trinkner (rtrinkner@requisite.com) - Published on Amazon.com

Format:Hardcover

I used this book for three years while living in India. While its illustrations are not as robust or detailed as those of western field guides, they are usually adequate. First, and foremost, though, is that this volume is currently the ONLY book that contains all the species. Others contain a mere fraction. For that reason alone, this is the one book you should get for IDing birds in India. The rest lead only to disappointment, unless used in conjunction with this one.

This book is the illustration subset of the much larger Handbook, which comes in a 10-volume set (or in one tiny-print "compact" volume). The two work well together: one for your field forays, and one for the bookshelf back home. Be warned, though: the compact Handbook, while an exhaustive study of each species (including migration maps and exhumed stomach contents, etc.) is expensive when you can find it.

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