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A Bird's View: Collected Essays and Shorter Writings of Salim Ali (2 Vol-Set)
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Permanent Black, 2009
ISBN 10: 8178242702
ISBN 13: 9788178242705
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Soft cover
First Edition
Seller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd, New Delhi, India
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Soft cover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. Salim Ali, without question India s greatest ornithologist, was a prolific writer. Apart from his many books (the best known being The Book of Indian Birds), he wrote a large number of scientific papers, essays and popular articles for a variety of journals and magazines. He also broadcast radio talks and gave public lectures as well as interviews. This body of Sálim Ali s work has never before been gathered together into a book. This first-time collection of all these shorter writings, painstakingly ferreted out and put together by Sálim Ali s former student Tara Gandhi (with the permission of the Bombay Natural History Society, Salem Ali s intellectual and spiritual home for many years), presents a fascinating array of topics as diverse as the Indian landscapes and birdlife that were his passion. Whether it is the colours of a bird's feathers or the ecology of the Himalaya mountains or an insightful conservation message, Salim Ali s evocative writing style makes reading this volume enormously pleasurable. Of its intellectual and academic importance to the world s ornithologists, to India s scientists and to all bird lovers, there can be no doubt. (jacket). Seller Inventory # 11000129