The Wealth of India: A Dictionary of Indian Raw Materials & Industrial Products: Raw Materials Volume 2 B (Revised Series), Supplement: Birds

This volume, issued as a supplement to vol. 2B of the Wealth of India–Raw Materials, Revised Series, deals with the study of Indian birds with special emphasis on the economic aspects of birds in relation to man. The text matter covered in 15 chapters and running to c 120 pages encompasses information on game birds, plumage birds, song birds, cage birds, migratory birds, scavenger birds, birds in relation to medicine, agriculture, horticulture and forestry, various problems of birds, control and management of birds, and lastly methods for conservation of birds. Interspersed with coloured illustrations of some important Indian birds, the text is appended by a comprehensive index of names of birds in Latin, English and in the vernacular.