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MR. DEWAR contemplates a series of volumes (five in all, of about 140 pages each) dealing with the birds of India as a whole and forming a profusely illustrated work of a popular nature designed for the guidance of sportsmen and the non-scientific resident. The first part deals with the ducks, swans, and geese, and though the style is too journalistic, the matter _is excellent as a good account of the salient features of these birds and of their general natural history. A list of vernacular names and an easily used key for ready identification are two features of special value which we hope will be continued in later volumes. Mr. Levett-Yeats's illustrations add considerably to the usefulness of the work and are worth the expenditure of a little more care in reproduction. There is room for this book, and we hope that Mr. Dewar will receive sufficient support to justify him in carrying the project to completion.
The Common Birds of India.
Described by Douglas Dewar. and illustrated by G. A. Levett-Yeats. Vol. 1. The Sportsman's Birds, Wild Fowl, Game Birds, and Pigeons. Part I. Pp. viii + 44. (Calcutta and Simla: Thacker, Spink and Co., 1923.) Rs. 2.8.
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[Book Reviews]. Nature 112, 161 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112161d0
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