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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Treasures of Indian wildlife. Mumbai, [India] : Bombay Natural History Society, ©2005 (OCoLC)607872117 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Ashok S Kothari; B F Chhapgar; Bombay Natural History Society. |
ISBN: | 0195677285 9780195677287 |
OCLC Number: | 62499260 |
Notes: | Sequel to Salim Ali's India. |
Description: | 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 34 cm |
Contents: | Banian tree, the pride of Hindostan / James Forbes -- The Manpoora tiger : about a tiger hunt in Rajpootanah / "Royal Tiger" -- Baug! Baug! Baug! / Sir John Day -- Gond fable of Singbaba -- The oppression of man / S. Eardley-Wilmot -- A forest fire / S. Eardley-Wilmot -- Tigers of Salsette Island / James Forbes -- Goruckpore Terai, where tigers were "plentiful as blackberries" : before the march of civilization made inroads on their domains / "Fleetwood" -- Wounded tigers, panthers, and bears / Reginald Gilbert -- The Indian wild boar as grazier / A.K. Nelson -- Khedda : elephant trapping / "Master Edward" -- Lion hunt in Hurriana / "Quondam" -- The past and present distribution of the lion in India / N.B. Kinnear -- An adventure with a cobra de Capella / "Miles" -- The poisonous snakes of the Bombay Presidency / H.M. Phipson -- A giant squid attacking a ship -- Wildlife around Cambay and Ahmedabad : during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when tigers used to enter the city limits of Ahmedabad and lions were found near Cambay / James Campbell -- Sport and natural history around Deesa in northern Gujarat / Capt. C.G. Nurse -- Vanishing wildlife of Panchmahals / James Campbell -- Trees and plants of Rewa Kantha / James Campbell -- Khandesh, a stronghold of wild beast / James Campbell -- Wildlife of Jalpaiguri District / John F. Gruning -- A visit to Narcondam / B.B. Osmastron -- Gleanings [from the Society's Journal]. |
Responsibility: | edited by Ashok S. Kothari and Boman F. Chhapgar. |
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Abstract:
Selections from the Society's Library's books, journals, and gazetteers, and from its Journal.
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