Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Together with Those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka [Hardcover]

Sï¿1/2lim Ali (Author), S. Dillon Ripley (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1988

The Handbook is an indispensable reference for all serious students of ornithology. It was first published in ten volumes between 1968 and 1975. When the first Compact Edition appeared in 1983, it included texts of the second editions of Volumes I-III, and the first editions of Volumes IV-X. This new edition of the Compact Edition contains the completely revised text of Volumes I-IV in a more useable, photographically reduced form. Over one hundred color plates of all bird species found in the region embellish the text. "A monumental and masterful analysis of the avifauna of the Indian subcontinent....The Handbook will remain the standard reference...for many decades."--The Auk

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The two distinguished authors, and the publisher, have provided the ornithological community with a basic reference on a part of the world with an exceptionally rich and varied avifauna. An essential reference. --Wildlife Book Review

"For each species the text has sections on local names, size, field characters, status, distribution and habitat, habits, breeding, museum diagnosis, measurements, food, color of bare parts, voices and calls, and migration as appropriate, plus a distribution map and often a text figure. An excellent production which belongs in every major library concerned with ornithology. Highly recommended." --American Reference Books Annual field

About the Author

The late Salim Ali was one of the world's greatest ornithologists. S. Dillon Ripley is Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institute

Product Details

• Hardcover: 890 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 2 edition (September 1, 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195620631
• ISBN-13: 978-0195620634
• Product Dimensions: 12.5 x 8.6 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,236,906 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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