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This Handbook, part of a ten-volume series on South Asian birds, is an important landmark in Indian ornithology. It includes information on long-range migration and taxonomic changes, along with the existing life history information, accounts of behaviour, ecology, distribution, and migration records of practically every species of birds found not only on the Indian subcontinent but also in Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka. Written in a vigorous, animated ...
The first intensive study of birds of Bhutan dates back to 1930's by Frank Ludow. The keen interest of his majesty, the late Druk Glypo Jigme Dorje Wangchuk initiated the next major study of avifauna (1966-1973) through a series of nine surveys conducted by the three of the distinguished ornithologists viz., Dr. Salim Ali, Dr. Biswamoy Biswas and Dr. S. Dillon Ripley. The venture was unique in so much so that scientists from three internationally known ...
"The eastern Himalayas are still relatively remote, unpeopled and unpolluted. Climatically they are perhaps unequalled. In a few marches one moves from humid tropical forest, with its orchids, lianas and wild bananas, through rhododendrons, laurels and conifers to the alpine zone, from swamp to snow, tropical heat to arctic cold. This juxtaposition of so many life-zones, biotopes, within a straight-line distance of about 80 km south to north, has given the ...
"This volume comprises the autobiographical works of three men who had a special relationship with the Indian jungles--Jim Corbett, Verrier Elwin and Salim Ali. In My India, published when the author was 77, the legendary Jim Corbett writes with sympathy and concern of the people of the Indian foothills, their life, traditions and folklore. It vividly evokes the environment in which his dramatic tiger encounters took place. The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin ...
This much-awaited revised edition includes the extensive changes in the scientific and common bird names that have taken place since the last revision in 1996. Following the publication, in 2001, of the list of standardized common and scientific names of the birds of the Indian subcontinent in the Buceros 6 (1), the common and scientific names have been modified based on this list. It is expected that this will provide uniformity in the names used throughout the ...