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Birds of Himalaya and Kashmir

Field / Identification Guide Walking / Outdoor Guide
By: Douglas Dewar(Author)
200 pages, no illustrations
Birds of Himalaya and Kashmir
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  • Birds of Himalaya and Kashmir ISBN: 9788187067061 Hardback Dec 2006 Not in stock: Usually dispatched within 2-4 weeks
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About this book

Originally published in 1923, 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.

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

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Field / Identification Guide Walking / Outdoor Guide
By: Douglas Dewar(Author)
200 pages, no illustrations
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