Part 22

INDIAN BIRDS

BEING A KEY TO THE COMMON BIRDS OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA

By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.

Crown 8vo. 6s. net

PRESS OPINIONS

Spectator.—“The present book is by Mr. Douglas Dewar, a charming writer, whose earlier books on birds we have had the pleasure of recommending. The book is most carefully compiled, and much ingenuity is displayed in framing this artificial analysis.”

Pall Mall Gazette.—“This practical and useful work. Familiarity with these pages would enable the average man in a few weeks to know all the birds he meets in an Indian station.”

Athenæum.—“Mr. Dewar is a careful guide, already known as a careful observer and entertaining chronicler of the ways of Indian birds.”

Indian Field.—“We can thoroughly recommend this book to all not versed in ornithology and who wish to know our birds without having to kill them.”

ORNITHOLOGICAL AND OTHER ODDITIES

By FRANK FINN, B.A. (Oxon.), F.Z.S. LATE DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INDIAN MUSEUM, CALCUTTA

With numerous Illustrations from Photographs

Demy 8vo. 10s. 6d. net

PRESS OPINIONS

Standard.—“This book, dealing with the courting of birds, how they fight and mimic, and moult and blush, is one of the most fascinating we have read for some time. His book will prove as interesting to the general reader as to the enthusiastic naturalist.”

Morning Post.—“The book consists of a number of papers—all are delightfully readable. A very interesting and delightful book. The style is always clear and free from technicalities; this volume will certainly prove as entertaining to the general reader as it is interesting to the naturalist.”

Globe.—“The pleasantest of reading—produced most charmingly. The book is illustrated with numbers of beautiful photographs showing bird and beast life with wonderful truth and charm. We must congratulate Mr. Finn and his publisher on one of the most alluring nature books we have seen for a long time.”

Shooting Times.—“The volume is well illustrated, and is certainly a very amusing and highly instructive publication.”

JUNGLE BY-WAYS IN INDIA

Leaves from the Note-book of a Sportsman and a Naturalist, with upwards of 100 illustrations by the Author and others. Second Edition. Demy 8vo. 12/6 net.

PRESS OPINIONS.

Spectator.—“Well worth reading . . . told in a clever and vivid style.”

Athenæum.—“These sketches, containing information about most of the animals which attract sportsmen, enlivened by descriptions of their pursuit, deserve praise . . . the pen and ink sketches have much merit.”

Times.—“Mr. Stebbing has certainly the knack of setting down his jungle experiences in narrative which is interesting and vivid.”

Standard.—“Mr. Stebbing writes with great spirit.”

Daily Graphic.—“A first-rate sporting book.”

Daily Chronicle.—“Mr. Stebbing writes with the instinct and feeling of a true sportsman. The illustrations assist one to an understanding and appreciation of the text.”

Outlook.—“This book is as instructive as it is entertaining, and should prove of great value to the novice anxious to tread in the author’s footsteps.”