Over the years, the Handbook has established itself as the most comprehensive and reliable reference work on the birds of the Indian subcontinent. Volume 6, first published in 1971, has been thoroughly revised for this second edition. It includes the latest information on distribution and offers expert accounts on eight newly introduced and six recently amalgamated species. Six full-color plates illustrating 103 forms have been specially commissioned for this edition. Students and researchers in ornithology as well as amateur bird lovers will welcome the second edition of a classic.
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`These ten volumes have been used so much over the past ten years or so that it is unnecessary to do other than remind readers of the excellent layout, generally good cross-referencing and usefulness of these volumes.' British Birds on the first edition
`'...it remains the standard work on the avifauna of the Indian subcontinent...These second editions are major revisions...The tex remains authoritative,...a remarkable achievent...will remain the definitive work on Indian avifauna for many years to come.' IBIS 140:541-556, 1998.
``These ten volumes have been used so much over the past ten years or so that it is unnecessary to do other than remind readers of the excellent layout, generally good cross-referencing and usefulness of these volumes.'' British Birds on the first edition
`'...it remains the standard work on the avifauna of the Indian subcontinent...These second editions are major revisions...The tex remains authoritative,...a remarkable achievent...will remain the definitive work on Indian avifauna for many years to come.' IBIS 140:541-556, 1998.
``These ten volumes have been used so much over the past ten years or so that it is unnecessary to do other than remind readers of the excellent layout, generally good cross-referencing and usefulness of these volumes.'' British Birds on the first edition
About the Author
The late Salim Ali was one of the world's greatest ornithologists.
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