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Birds of Himalaya and Kashmir

Douglas Dewar, Asiatic Pub, 2009, 200 p, ISBN : 9788183390644, $40.00 (Includes free airmail shipping)

Contents: 1. How to use this book. 2. Local lists of the birds of the Himalayas and Kashmir which have appeared in: i. The Ibis. ii. The journal of the Asiatic society. iii. The journal of the Bombay natural history society. A. Classification according to structural peculiarities: i. Bill. ii. Crest. iii. Tail. iv. Sexual dimorphism. B. Classification according to colour: i. Black. ii. Blue. iii. Brown. iv. Fawn colour. v. Green. vi. Grey. vii. Red. viii. White. ix. Yellow. x. Birds of many colours. C. Classification according to habits: i. Birds having remarkable cries. ii. Birds that commonly visit gardens. iii. Birds that associate in flocks. iv. Birds that dwell by streams. v. Birds that occur abundantly on, over, or on the margins of the lakes of the Kashmir valley. vi. Birds that move about on the trunks of trees in search of insects. vii. Birds that find much of their food on the ground. viii. Birds that capture insects on the wing. ix. Birds that spend great part of the day on the wing. Descriptive list of birds.

"The object of this book is to enable people interested in birds to identify those they meet with while walking in the hill stations of the Himalayas and Kashmir and those they see in the Kashmir valley.

The birds dealt with are the ones commonly seen In Summer at such places. As nine out of ten species of hill birds move to lower levels in winter, the bird population of a hill station in winter differs from that in summer.

The scope of this book included birds seen in winter at the various hill stations, and those found in summer only at lower elevations than 5000 feet above the sea-level or higher altitudes than 7500, its bulk would have been considerably increased." (jacket)

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