Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka Second Edition

Salim Ali and S. Dillon Ripley

ISBN 10: 0195620631 / ISBN 13: 9780195620634

Published by Oxford University Press, Delhi, Oxford, New York, 1987

About this Item

Jacket appears to be a little faded on the spine. Small handling wear on it. A large heavy book which may need an extra postage charge for orders outside the United Kingdom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Compact Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan: Together with those of Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and Sri Lanka Second Edition
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Delhi, Oxford, New York
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195620631
• ISBN 13: 9780195620634
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: with 104 plates, depicting all the species by John Henry Dick
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

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

About the Author

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