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THE author, fresh from his triumphs of the “Fauna of British India” in eight volumes, has turned his specialist's knowledge to the nidification of the birds, mentioned in his former work. To show how busy the field naturalists have been we mention that the percentage of known eggs has risen from 48 per cent in Oates's work in 1889 to 82 per cent at the present time. The number given to the birds in this volume is the same as the number used in the “Fauna”, so that the worker has no trouble in turning up any bird.
The Nidification of Birds of the Indian Empire.
By E. C. Stuart Baker. Vol. 1: Corvid"—Cinclid". Pp. xxiii + 470 + 8 plates. (London: Taylor and Francis, 1932.) 30s.
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The Nidification of Birds of the Indian Empire . Nature 131, 384 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131384c0
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