Contents: 1. Origin and history. 2. The tiger and its races. 3. Distribution and population. 4. Colour and size. 5. Senses. 6. Behaviour. 7. Method of killing prey. 8. Life and death. 9. The tiger and its neighbours. 10. Tiger and mankind. 11. Man-eaters. 12. Hunting. 13. Valedictory. 14. References.

"The tiger has always been associated with India as hunting the tiger was the acme of sport hunting. Though focused on hunting, considerable data is available on its natural history from observant hunters who had to study the habits and behaviour of the animal if they were to stay alive.

"The book on the natural history of the tiger looks at the era when the tiger was considered as an animal not on the verge of extinction but an animal to be exterminated! The spirit of the tiger however, prevails in a documentation of the changing world of the tiger now well on the road to extinction." (jacket)