The Indian Ducks and their Allies

Abstract

THE enormous flocks in which many members of the duck tribe visit the plains of India during the cold season, coupled with the relatively large number of species by which the group is there represented, affords ample justification for the issue of this handsome and superbly illustrated volume. For these swarms of ducks, geese, swans, and mergansers naturally attract the attention of a host of sportsmen, many of whom are anxious to identify the species of the birds which go to form their bag, and ascertain something about their natural history. Neither is the book of less importance to the ornithologist—either professional or amateur for Mr. Stuart Baker has much new matter to record concerning many of the species passed under review, while the thirty coloured plates—reproduced from sketches by Messrs. Grön-vold, Lodge, and Keulemans—have a distinct scientific value of their own, altogether apart from their beauty as works of art.

The Indian Ducks and their Allies.

By E. C. Stuart Baker. Pp. xi+292; illustrated. (Bombay: Natural History Society; London: R. H. Porter, 1908.) Price 2l. 2s. net.